I’m desperately trying to find a school that eschews all technology until at least year 7 for my son. The kids raised on ipads are completely cooked and I don’t want that.
All technology ? I’d say having dedicated computer classes could be useful ; although I’m not familiar with how old “year 7” is (unless you litterally mean 7 years old ?)
All. Studies consistently show students perform worse when they’ve been made reliant on technology.
The age would be 12-13 for year 7.
I think “reliant” is the key word though.
In Collège (11-14 years old) we had a “Technologie” class where we learnt how to do various things on computers, from presentations to basic 3D modelling ; all using free software.
I genuinely think that class was helpful, and we had no computers during any other class.
Assuming they’re angloid, their year numbers are american grade+1. So year 7 is sixth grade.
I am French, this isn’t helpful to me 😅
Have you tried not being French
I think year 7 would be 7th year of school, similar to 7th grade but not exactly 1:1
I am surprised how many people have responded to me with american grades, which I understand exactly as little 😅 thank you for trying though ! That’s why I asked for the age (which they told me)
Nothing new, wherever there’s nepo admissions there’s incompetent students.
Nobody will give you the education you need to overthrow them.
been saying it for years. the youth of “tomorrow” was never challenged.
you can’t learn without pain. we evolved through pain, suffering, and struggle. what makes us think that allowing kids to be comfortable and docile makes them better equipped for the future.
ohh wait! because the rich kids need an army of enslaved fools.
you think the kids at private schools for the wealthy and powerful are comforted and accepted?
You often can’t learn without motivation. That motivation does not need to painful, and the problem I have with the idea that it does is that people often think the pain is the point.
People aren’t stupid because they’re comfortable, they’re stupid because many are actively discouraged from exploring new ideas. Their curiosity is crushed so that the politicians and people writing the curriculums don’t need to think too hard. I’m all for the notion that solving something a particular way has merit in a learning environment but the way we handle those lessons is so embarrassing.
It’s not “yes that’s also a good way to do it, but I would like to see it done this way for this exercise” it’s simply “you’re wrong”. Kids can see that they got the right answer and don’t understand why the authority figure is clearly lying to them so they simply lose respect for them, along with the motivation to try.
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Okay, Bane…
