Why is education falling behind?

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People in the past didn't respect intellectualism any more than they do nowadays. In fact, I would say the intelligent are glamourised far more than in the past, with an explosion of pop science, public intellectuals etc.

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Why is education falling behind in America?

Because of garbage like "zero tolerance" and school uniforms.

Are you stuck in a 90's wormhole?

My school uniform was dorky (mainly because my family bought it large assuming I would grow into it, and I never did), but it hardly took away from my education. (Although it did make it easier for rival school rivalries to develop)

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Chinese education isn't everything; a lot of people note of the inflexibility and overly cautious nature of a lot of Chinese grads. I also think that maths should reorient itself away from arithmetic (largely frivolous in a computerised world) and towards interpretation of problems. Treat mathematics as more of a science, and emphasise the utilitarian aspects of the denser aspects of the subject. Populist guff like "just teach them the time tables, like I learnt at school" should be treated with disdain.

English could re-emphasise itself as a critical subject with teachers having more freedom over their curriculum, rather than every high school grad copying the same hackneyed analysis of 1984/Of Mice and Men from crib notes.

In addition, there should be caps on class sizes.

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Let's suggest a moderate compromise people: homeschooling should of course be illegal, but people who are homeschooled are invariably creepy weirdos (TimTurner aside).

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Let's suggest a moderate compromise people: homeschooling should of course be illegal, but people who are homeschooled are invariably creepy weirdos (TimTurner aside).

Where's the compromise?

Of course not be illegal. Oops