[WillAdams]

The thing is, Jerry Pournelle claimed in his "Chaos Manor" column from _Byte Magazine_ that he and his wife had developed a system for teaching even adults to read in short order using a video game/tutorial system and playing games seems to be pretty much universal on devices.

Why can't things such as Khan Academy be included in the school curriculum, allowing children the chance to work at their own pace? The best school system I ever attended did this (through 8th grade, children were allowed to work up to 4 grades ahead --- after that there was no cap, many teachers were accredited as faculty at a local college (or students would be taken to the college, or professors from there brought to the school) --- it was not uncommon for a student to graduate from high school and simultaneously be awarded a college degree.

[goosedragons]

I don't think most students are self-disciplined enough to do that. Motivated adults are very different from unmotivated children.

[WillAdams]

Can't the teachers/school system impose the necessary discipline? (in terms of encouraging/monitoring usage)

My kids had access to texts/resources which I only dreamed of when I was young (too much time reading Hermann Hesse's _The Glass Bead Game_ which they seem drawn from):

- https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.htm...

- https://www.motionmountain.net/

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-elements-by-theodore-gray/...

[tartuffe78]

Teachers need parents to help impose that discipline at home, which doesn't happen anymore. My wife is a teacher (high school) and lots of parents side with their child now when it comes to not doing their homework (Well they said they did turn it in), or cheating (No they didn't cheat why would you say that).