That's fine for younger kids, but do you think you'd be able to teach them calculus when they get to high school? The problem is that the average person isn't capable of teaching their kids... but neither is the average teacher. It's a bad situation all around.
I strongly disagree. The average, functional adult is more than capable of teaching a child everything they need to know. Maybe we miss some of the finer details on certain subjects, but that's what the internet is for. We have more educational resources at out fingertips than our teachers had in their entire approved curriculum.
Well, I strongly disagree with that. Do you know calculus? And do you think you would be able to effectively teach it to your child, if you yourself don't understand it?
Look, I understand the sentiment, and you're probably right with regards to the soft subjects like history. But, as a person who is somewhat to the right of the bell curve, I can assure you that the average parent does not have the ability to effectively teach most math, and even some science (like chemistry). That's not a defense of the US school system, but centralizing that learning is more effective overall, when implemented properly. The first public school system was actually created in Germany in the 1800s, and because of that, they produced the best mathematicians, had the highest number of Nobel Laureates, and had the smartest general population for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Tell me, if you wanted to learn a trade, do you think you would learn better from an apprentice, or a master? It's the same effect; you are not an expert, and you're not going to teach well. Of course with that said, the teachers we're pumping out nowadays are probably worse.
That's fine for younger kids, but do you think you'd be able to teach them calculus when they get to high school? The problem is that the average person isn't capable of teaching their kids... but neither is the average teacher. It's a bad situation all around.
I strongly disagree. The average, functional adult is more than capable of teaching a child everything they need to know. Maybe we miss some of the finer details on certain subjects, but that's what the internet is for. We have more educational resources at out fingertips than our teachers had in their entire approved curriculum.
Well, I strongly disagree with that. Do you know calculus? And do you think you would be able to effectively teach it to your child, if you yourself don't understand it?
Look, I understand the sentiment, and you're probably right with regards to the soft subjects like history. But, as a person who is somewhat to the right of the bell curve, I can assure you that the average parent does not have the ability to effectively teach most math, and even some science (like chemistry). That's not a defense of the US school system, but centralizing that learning is more effective overall, when implemented properly. The first public school system was actually created in Germany in the 1800s, and because of that, they produced the best mathematicians, had the highest number of Nobel Laureates, and had the smartest general population for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Tell me, if you wanted to learn a trade, do you think you would learn better from an apprentice, or a master? It's the same effect; you are not an expert, and you're not going to teach well. Of course with that said, the teachers we're pumping out nowadays are probably worse.