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Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8.

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ataradov:
I'm not saying that I liked soft stuff either, I hated it. But I'm not sure if not teaching it is a good idea, I really don't have enough information to pass that judgement.

NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on June 30, 2018, 08:50:05 pm ---I'd argue the reverse. There is a tendency to slow down sharp minds for the sake of the rest of the group, leading them to get bored, act up or even completely give up on academics. I think there's a focus on children lagging behind, but children ahead of the game are too often left to fend for themselves. Just because they're smart doesn't mean they understand how they tick or what their needs are yet and that can really bite.

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I found many of the university classes "slow", especially the ones about power electronics.

--- Quote from: IanMacdonald on June 30, 2018, 09:57:50 pm ---Had a similar school experience, one teacher in particular made me keep repeating very basic arithmetic ad nauseam. Think it led to my general dislike of maths as a subject. Part of the problem is that many teachers don't actually understand the subject anyway, they just parrot the textbook at the students. Any student who asks awkward questions (that show up the teacher's own incompetence) is in for a world of pain.


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I never really liked math for a long time, then cryptocurrency came along...

ataradov:

--- Quote from: Kjelt on June 30, 2018, 09:58:32 pm ---They did not do literature or foreign languages just what was needed for that craft. It gave us Mozart, Rembrandt but also the top physicist that found the first laws of nature etc. Etc.

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And then when in 5-10 years he burns out, there will be no fallback option.

We can't expect schools to only produce Mozarts, and leaving everyone who is not genius behind smells of eugenics.

Kjelt:
With all the new and total amount of knowledge can we still have a "homo universalis" as Davinci was in the Renaissance? I don't think so, at least not in depth, too much for one person.
 The reason I am for a broad education is to let students experience those skills/sciences/languages and find out what they are good in or really like. But should that take 6 years?
Around me I hear more and more graduates from secondary school that have no clue what to study next or which job they like.

Kjelt:

--- Quote from: ataradov on June 30, 2018, 10:03:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kjelt on June 30, 2018, 09:58:32 pm ---They did not do literature or foreign languages just what was needed for that craft. It gave us Mozart, Rembrandt but also the top physicist that found the first laws of nature etc. Etc.

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And then when in 5-10 years he burns out, there will be no fallback option.

We can't expect schools to only produce Mozarts, and leaving everyone who is not genius behind smells of eugenics.

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Why would he burn out when he does what he loves and has an interest in. Read the article again, AFAICT it is not his parents that do this, they don't care as long as he is happy. Belgian is not like Korea where parents force their children to skip play and just study resulting in staggering number of teen suicides.

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