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To: Graystone who wrote (473171)	5/7/2021 2:37:33 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542005

you are making assumptions. You are correct that none of us has the time nor the inclination to learn everything and so shortcuts must be made, and shortcuts in learning lead to assumptions. Since I retired I have been requested at times to provide some lessons to children who are otherwise being homeschooled. Generally it is a half dozen kids at a time from a few different families. I usually cover some basic math up to algebra levels and crafts mostly related to fermentation and gardening as a window into biology. I usually enjoy it, and the children usually pick up some skills they weren't otherwise getting. Many of these kids are hungry for knowledge. Even with 3 or 4 sets of parents (usually just the mothers) setting out self paced books for them, they are falling further and further behind in developing a coherent paradigm that makes these various informational tidbits make sense. When knowledge is just a bunch of unrelated factoids it is easy for it to be mis-remembered , or for outrageous claims to be accepted when there is no effort to look for consistency with other factoids. These kids grow up to be good citizens,with great hearts, but I really don't trust their judgement. I think there is a critical time in a child's development, about middle school, and if they don't learn to learn by then it can't be readily picked up later. I think puberty does a number on children's brains.