I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.

The cynic in me wants to say that scholarships provided by private schools are a fancy synonym for "customer discount". Discounts are really about sales and customer retention. The obvious question should be, what is the average tuition that parents are actually paying? How many families are paying the advertised price?

I have no question you have bright children, but there's no doubt also that schools would make more money by marking up their tuition by 200% and then giving everyone a 50% discount, telling parents it's because their children are gifted. In truth, most children who are being put in expensive private schools are above average. Most parents who care about their kids education and earn enough money to afford it likely have above average intelligence, and intelligence is heritable.

I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.

The cynic in me wants to say that scholarships provided by private schools are a fancy synonym for "customer discount". Discounts are really about sales and customer retention. The obvious question should be, what is the average tuition that parents are actually paying? How many families are paying the advertised price?

I have no question you have bright children, but there's no doubt also that schools would make more money by marking up their tuition by 200% and then giving everyone a 50% discount, telling parents it's because their children are gifted. In truth, most children who are being put in expensive private schools are above average. Firstly, because most parents who care about their kids education and earn enough money to afford it likely have above average intelligence, and intelligence is heritable.

I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.

The cynic in me wants to say that scholarships provided by private schools are a fancy synonym for "customer discount". Discounts are really about sales and customer retention. The obvious question should be, what is the average tuition that parents are actually paying? How many families are paying the advertised price?

I have no question you have bright children, but there's no doubt also that schools would make more money by marking up their tuition by 200% and then giving everyone a 50% discount, telling parents it's because their children are gifted. In truth, most children who are being put in expensive private schools are above average. Firstly, because most parents who care about their kids education and earn enough money to afford it likely have above average intelligence.

I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.

The cynic in me wants to say that scholarships provided institutions are a fancy synonym for "customer discount". Discounts are about customer retention. My question would be, what is the average tuition parents are actually paying? I have no question you have bright children, but there's no doubt also that schools would make more money by marking up their tuition by 200% and then giving everyone a 50% discount because their children are gifted. In truth, most children who are being put in expensive private schools are above average, because most parents who care about their kids education have above average genetics.

I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when the state mandated it for children who didn't attend formal schooling. I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. Formal childhood education is all glorified daycare in my opinion.

I was more or less neglected, and the first time I went to school was when I attended college starting at age 14. I was an unintentional experiment in un-schooling. The first time I took a standardized test was when I was 10, and I scored in the top 2 percentile in mathematics. That was before I ever took a math class.

My immediate family includes engineers at SpaceX and Intel with no formal education outside of university. You can see why I'm skeptical of the importance of any formal childhood education, especially as studies show the influence of early childhood education on IQ disappears by adulthood. It's all glorified daycare in my opinion.