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AJF's avatar

IMO moving into the future students who gain the most practical knowledge while young will be the most successful adults. The type of knowledge that will help with basic survival. Building structures using hand tools, and the general use of all types of hand tools, growing food, knowing what plants are edible in the forest, basic math, using their imagination ( without it there is no new innovation), how to work cooperatively with others, the basics of cooking and hand sewing, and probably some sort of trade like auto mechanics, plumbing, electrician....

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nancylee's avatar

actually I agree with you. I spend a lot of time imagining 'school' and it would be mostly experiential. learn math by designing and building a structure. learn gun responsibility by having target practice, then ride alongs with EMS to understand consequences. have one whole year dedicated to coming up with a business and running it. spend every semester as a teen apprenticing to a different trade. I love the japanese practice of the kids being responsible for the school from first year on. for cleaning, I'd add cooking, and growing the food they cook. and maintenance. and lots of languages, music, art, meditation. what humans would emerge!

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