About this episode
This episode discusses the complexities and evolution of educational levels and the implications of the current school system on children's learning.
Have you ever noticed the levels of learning the world has invented? Someone or something, somewhere at some time determined there is a perfect time to incarcerate children in an institution for learning. Unfortunately, the age is getting younger, as the true nature of the school system becomes evident. It doubles as a daycare system. We now have some kind of play-school, pre-school or pre-kindergarten leading to full-fledged kindergarten; then elementary grades merge into junior high school, followed by senior high school. The perplexing thing is senior high school precedes the next level which is post-secondary. If we consider that higher training is regarded as post-secondary, shouldn’t there be a secondary to post? And should there not be a primary before we can talk about a secondary? If this all sounds confusing to you, it is. I am old enough to remember that education was once divided into three levels: primary, secondary and post-secondary. I cannot say I am fully aware of how this came to be, but let’s assume the primary grades were intended to instill basic skills. In the old days those were referred to as the three Rs, namely reading, (w)riting and (a)rithmetic…
People in this episode
Host: Léo
Topics covered
- unschooling
- education levels
- school system
- learning
- child development
Keywords
- unschooling
- education
- learning levels
- school system
- child development
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