> Creativity is a personal pursuit that demands time made for it like anything else. School isn't really the proper place for positive reinforcement of that. Teachers are overburdened enough.
It feels like that's starting from the wrong end though — teachers are over-burdened because of the way the education system is set-up; it's a symptom of the status quo rather than a reason that we shouldn't change it.
I think if we say "School is where you go to learn academic stuff only; there's other places for everything else", then we waste a big opportunity.
If instead of tieing ourselves to the current system as a model, if we just started from a blank sheet & the premise — "School is where we allow every kid the opportunity to spend 14 years preparing for life after that. What's the best way to use that time?" — I don't think we'd end up where we are now.
> teachers are over-burdened because of the way the education system is set-up
I disagree. People have been banging on this drum for so long over the course of at least a century and even tried to put their money where there mouth is only to end up with no meaningful difference.
Schools simply don't have as big of an impact as people think they do. It really is up to the parents and the student.
>Schools simply don't have as big of an impact as people think they do.
I think this is probably correct. I remember reading a paper that showed if you take into account the ability of their intake then private schools don't have much of an advantage over state education.
Private schools probably have even more of an incentive than public schools to optimize for meeting entrance requirements for universities over optimizing for preparing for life.
It feels like that's starting from the wrong end though — teachers are over-burdened because of the way the education system is set-up; it's a symptom of the status quo rather than a reason that we shouldn't change it.
I think if we say "School is where you go to learn academic stuff only; there's other places for everything else", then we waste a big opportunity.
If instead of tieing ourselves to the current system as a model, if we just started from a blank sheet & the premise — "School is where we allow every kid the opportunity to spend 14 years preparing for life after that. What's the best way to use that time?" — I don't think we'd end up where we are now.