Very fine piece. Esp. the "fake vs real reason"! - To stay fake: US midwestern-prisons being worse than most schools - sure. Our German prisons hold much less horror for me. Norwegian prisons? Some foreigners commit crimes so they can stay (and work) there. - A nice prison with nice admin and inmates "not selected for being criminal, ju…
Very fine piece. Esp. the "fake vs real reason"! - To stay fake: US midwestern-prisons being worse than most schools - sure. Our German prisons hold much less horror for me. Norwegian prisons? Some foreigners commit crimes so they can stay (and work) there. - A nice prison with nice admin and inmates "not selected for being criminal, just the average of Joes"? How far is that really from a strict full boarding school? Same ballpark, same league I'd say. Mainly a question of stigma. Reality check: https://meduza.io/en/quiz/is-it-a-norwegian-prison-or-a-russian-hotel
Real reason: Even in Scott-reading circles, you will find most people arguing for very different or at least better schools. Though studies showed than "un-schooled" do not know much less than schooled - and catch up easily. Not least because schools really are day-care (Bryan Caplan). I sent my son, cuz I have to - but mostly cuz he would be full-day-mine-crafting else. From what he learned at school in 2nd grade: less than he did by hitting some youtube-videos.
Scott et al. and me "hating school" - indeed, WE could have learned more without compulsory attendance and with a library (now: amazing internet). But a) So, why no opt-out for us "just pass the test, learn as you want"? Back to "prison". (In my country the police will take you to school if your parents don't - next they lose their parental rights.) b) WE are not so few. Many non-smarties hate school not a bit less than "rationalists". As they can use even much much less of the stuff. And much less inclined to read. They were done after primary school, too. Check 40+ outside of academic jobs on their high-school-knowledge. Ridiculous. And so it was (Greg Cochran)
School apologists assume the kids would NOT be alright without school. Burden of proof on you, before forcing millions of kids to attend. (And before robbing millions of tax-paying parents of the funds to finance a better day-care themselves.)
Very fine piece. Esp. the "fake vs real reason"! - To stay fake: US midwestern-prisons being worse than most schools - sure. Our German prisons hold much less horror for me. Norwegian prisons? Some foreigners commit crimes so they can stay (and work) there. - A nice prison with nice admin and inmates "not selected for being criminal, just the average of Joes"? How far is that really from a strict full boarding school? Same ballpark, same league I'd say. Mainly a question of stigma. Reality check: https://meduza.io/en/quiz/is-it-a-norwegian-prison-or-a-russian-hotel
Real reason: Even in Scott-reading circles, you will find most people arguing for very different or at least better schools. Though studies showed than "un-schooled" do not know much less than schooled - and catch up easily. Not least because schools really are day-care (Bryan Caplan). I sent my son, cuz I have to - but mostly cuz he would be full-day-mine-crafting else. From what he learned at school in 2nd grade: less than he did by hitting some youtube-videos.
Scott et al. and me "hating school" - indeed, WE could have learned more without compulsory attendance and with a library (now: amazing internet). But a) So, why no opt-out for us "just pass the test, learn as you want"? Back to "prison". (In my country the police will take you to school if your parents don't - next they lose their parental rights.) b) WE are not so few. Many non-smarties hate school not a bit less than "rationalists". As they can use even much much less of the stuff. And much less inclined to read. They were done after primary school, too. Check 40+ outside of academic jobs on their high-school-knowledge. Ridiculous. And so it was (Greg Cochran)
School apologists assume the kids would NOT be alright without school. Burden of proof on you, before forcing millions of kids to attend. (And before robbing millions of tax-paying parents of the funds to finance a better day-care themselves.)