Episode 464 - Pizza Walk, School Systems and Finding Your Child’s Passion

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics related to education, children's passions, and cultural differences in school systems while on a walk to buy pizza.

We’re back on another Friday walk, this time heading to buy pizza for the kids before their disco. Along the way we talk about rats, squirrels, Dungeons & Dragons, steak names in Mandarin, private and public schools, and the differences between education in Taiwan and the UK. We also discuss how children discover their interests, whether schools should focus more on individual passions, and what parents can do to support their kids’ happiness and future choices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mandarin Monkey

Topics covered

• education
• children's interests
• school systems
• parenting
• cultural differences

Keywords

• education
• children
• school systems
• Taiwan
• UK
• Dungeons & Dragons
• parenting
• interests

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dungeons & Dragons

Places: Taiwan, UK

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