Better advice would be to develop critical thinking skills and doing quality research based on non-computerized sources so they are not reliant on systems owned & edited by billionaires…. You know like the education you got Mark Cuban.
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As a Nurse of 32 years. I have experienced many changes. Day to day, technology is definitely convenient only. But to be honest, in REAL life you need critical thinking. It’s innate from years of experience. Our world is doomed if technology is the answer. Just sayin … 🤷♀️
This a million times. If we want a chance at democracy we must teach our children to think critically. In Finland they are far ahead. Keeping kids away from screens til they’re older. I could see Montessori education for young people really changing the status quo
A basic finances course, for kids not taught at home, filing taxes, the basics of investing, fiscal responsibility. Credit card rates, responsibility. Your first mortgage.
Montessori is only offered privately. Public educators (like I used to be) are bogged down by teaching to standards that people who have never taught designed. I seriously don’t know why the Repubs want to take down the DOE because it has done a great job of helping them dumb down our citizens.
But what if it could be integrated into lower years? Time to break the box. It must drive u even more nuts repubes block funding forever so can trash public education 😡
That would be great if it that’d happen,or the concept of play/exploration(see Finland). Instead,standards force kids to do work that many don’t have mental and/or physical developmental readiness for, e.g., reading/writing readiness, holding pencils. Kids aren’t standard; they are all different.
Both of my girls are Montessori educated, my youngest (25) all thru 8th grade. My twin & I, too, were Montessori educated. We are all problem solvers. We get involved. We don't wait for someone to tell us what to do. & we don't depend on A fking I. Cuban is disillusioned.
I don't know if you have nature schools in the U.S. but, here in B.C., if I had a child in Kindergarten-Grade 7, I'd enroll them in it. Climate change is going to affect our lives every bit as much as AI and with far more deadly consequences. If children grows up appreciating nature, they're...
How wonderful would that be? We have nature based private boarding schools. Alice Waters The Edible Schoolyard project is intriguing teaches sustainable farming to kids. My kids used to grow things in class in the city
Also, if you can find other like-minded parents, you could explore starting a nature school of your own. I'm not sure how they started here but they didn't exist 20 years ago and now there are at least a dozen - some private, some public - so it can be done.
Most, if not all, of the elementary schools in the urban district I taught in had vegetable gardens for the kids to work on. I always wished they carried it through on a larger scale for the high school kids.
...far more likely to try to protect it as grown-ups. (Also, I don't know for sure but there may even be Montessori nature schools out there somewhere.)
There are all sorts of alternative options, but most cost money families do not have the ability to pay (or willingness to prioritize), and geographical access & quality of programs varies tremendously. I agree with you personally that young kids benefit from play & time in nature.
In Finland there are limited private schools, they fully fund public education for all. We in the US have never funded schools the way they should be. Republicans have always taken funding. You’d be surprised at what could be achieved if we broke out of the box.
Me personally? For starters, I worked in international education, have lived in Europe & chose a very non-traditional method for my child when they were young. (When I was a single, low-income parent.) I'm not even on the form beside a box here lol
How wonderful would that be? Especially for lower school. Ironically musk is creating one in Texas. Private of course. My kids thrived in Montessori school
Ah yes, Montessori, the philosophy that does a great job educating only the kids that happen to respond well to it, and keeps them happy by throwing out all the other kids.
And even with those flaws it might be better than what we have now
Huh? My child went to a public urban PK3-8 Montessori and there was room for all learners. Montessori is the way to build lifelong learning, critical thinking, and community.
My kid's Montessori school was the only place that would put them in a mainstreamed classroom instead of a special ed classroom that doesn't lead to any degree in the "public schools" around us
My youngest is in Montessori & it’s been amazing for him. The self-led learning structure has encouraged him to build confidence, independence, leadership, imagination, critical thinking skills & respect for all of his peers.
Agreed. Bill Nye always talks about critical analysis and critical filtering skills… both are so important in this world. Sometimes I wonder how different the world would be if we could shut the internet off one day per week and use that day to help out our neighbors or the community.
🎯 Came here to say this. Advise them to be knowledge workers. There's research out there on the impact of AI on jobs by industry and wages in the US and Europe. Better guidance than Mr. Cuban's is available.
Even better might be to learn a trades job, AI isn't going anywhere actually what many are loosely calling AI is still llm and machine learning, true AGI is not quite here yet and that is even more scary prospect for the future
This. AI is destroying critical thinking skills, trust and attention spans for learning, empathy and education, the arts - and don’t even get me started on how it’s damaging the arts…
Your perspective is intriguing; it's important to recognize that AI is a permanent & valuable asset. Kids can acquire all the skills you've highlighted, and more, with AI. By the way, I'm not sure if Mark reached out to you, but be cautious. Paul Mccartney texted me wondering how he did on SNL. 😆
Things change. Socrates didn’t trust writing, people thought calculators would ruin math, and now AI is the latest panic. Critical thinking isn’t about avoiding new tools—it’s about knowing how to use them without getting used by them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNco4dayC1M
Kids who fail to learn how to use—and benefit from—AI are going to be woefully underprepared when the time comes to find a job.
There may not have been sufficient time for the actual "balancing checkbook" in depth learning.
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And even with those flaws it might be better than what we have now
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2023/07/27/why-chatgpt-could-be-making-us-less-intelligent-6-key-reasons/