Thursday, August 26, 2010
Childhood Education
76.1 "I must reiterate that you can set no store by your education in childhood and youth, no matter how good it was. Childhood and youth are no time to get an education. The most that we can hope for from these chaotic and uninteresting periods of life is that during them we shall be set on the right path, the path of realizing our human possibilities through intellectual effort and aesthetic appreciation."
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Not sure I agree with this...life post-childhood has been far more chaotic and uninteresting.
ReplyDeletePlus, I don't support feral children. And, one more: People managed to get a decent, life-preparing education by 8th grade in much of America 100 years ago. This suggests that a) people are over"educated" today and b) earlier education is foundational, no matter what follows.