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by fn-mote
6 days ago
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> tertiary education is where a lot of real learning takes starts to happen Hilarious assertion. Absolutely false in my experience. Someone who just starts to learn in college will be years behind the students who began in high school. They probably mistake it for not “being good at” a subject, but it can really keep people away from some areas. For example, hard sciences and math, where years of training problem solving skills makes solving new problems easy. Not saying all primary/secondary education is good, but there is a massive gap between the good and the bad. |
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Yes, some things are taught and sometimes learned, but only superficially.
Even basic economics and financial literacy is taught way too late. These kids have been ogling phones, tablets, apps since they were in Kindergarten and then learn a few basics over a decade later?
Acceleration in Physics is not a difficult concept. Yet, it’s often taught late in secondary school - 6 to 8 years after teaching fractions.
Each year Math classes largely repeat the previous year with just a small extra wrinkle (except for the crazy year known as Geometry).
Pre-algebra, algebra I, algebra II, advanced math, Calculus I. That’s 5 years to poorly learn lines, parabolas, and integrals — longer than an entire college education.
Imagine if we taught grammar that way. All Of Elementary education would be stuck in the simple tenses! The future perfect continuous would be taught Senior year!
I’m not advocating teaching Calculus in 2nd grade but I think we should be doing better.