“Childhood and Education Roundup #5” by Zvi

For this iteration I will exclude discussions involving college or college admissions.

There has been a lot of that since the last time I did one of these, along with much that I need to be careful with lest I go out of my intended scope. It makes sense to do that as its own treatment another day.

Bullying

Why do those who defend themselves against bullies so often get in more trouble than bullies? This is also true in other contexts but especially true in school. Thread is extensive, these are the highlights translated into my perspective. A lot of it is that a bully has experience and practice, they know how to work the system, they know what will cause a response, and they are picking the time and place to do something. The victim has to respond in the moment, and by responding [...]

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Outline:

(00:22) Bullying

(02:34) Truancy

(03:56) Against Active Shooter Drills

(05:14) Censorship

(06:32) Woke Kindergarden

(09:01) Tracking

(10:43) The Case Against Education

(13:56) Home Schooling

(14:54) Despair

(17:02) Goals

(19:02) Taking the Developing World to School

(26:05) Primary School

(27:46) Guessing the Teacher's Password

(28:26) Correcting the Teacher's Incentives

(29:58) Mathematics

(31:08) Let Kids Be Kids

(32:27) Mandatory Work We Encourage

(34:03) Mandatory Work We Discourage

(35:32) Air Quality Matters

(36:18) School Choice

(39:01) Full Access to Smartphones Is Not Good For Children

(47:17) Lifetime Learning

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First published:
April 17th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/s34ingEzvajpFPaaD/childhood-and-education-roundup-5

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.