I was so happy when my kids left the education system. I was so sick of them not being treated as unique individuals.
With regard my own experience I also remember all things that were suggested that I could do - teacher, police woman, prison governor, social worker. I remember being really disappointed because I thought they were going to suggest things to me that I didn't know about or hadn't considered.
Not sure I could have told them who I was though, even if they'd asked the question. I'm still trying to work that out! 😊
both my kids dropped out of school before their GCSE's - they're both great adults and I wouldn't have them any other way and my eldest is currently going through the process of starting his PhD having been through the education system his own way :D
Good for them. Sadly my son went through 2 age leaving updates. His year was the first that had to stay until they were 17 and the first that had to stay until 18. He pretty much spent his whole school career bored and has been put off studying for life.
There seemed to be plenty of funds available for special needs or struggling children but fot those that were bright there was nothing. So they just got bored. Fortunately he's very social so enjoyed hanging out with his friends and that got him through.
I just felt really sorry for those kids who weren't in the slightest academic. There was nothing for them. Just months of their life being forced to be somewhere they didn't want to be doing stuff they didn't want to do. I think they've changed it now so they can leave at 16 if they do an apprenticeship but there aren't many available.
Bad as it was, at least we did practical subjects at school and music was part of the curriculm.
The thing is, i suspect really we don't know who we are. I'm starting to suspect we make it up from moment to moment. If so, we are just caught in a loop of lying about what happens all the time to make some kind of sense about an identity! That's my new hypothesis! In way it seems to be liberating to suspect our minds are really just artefacts!
Or who we are changes over time as we interact with other people or situations. I guess it's more about an open mind and some core values (and mates) to see us through, and believing we have some agency to change things for ourselves.
yes... and... I know something of the essence of Jed, I recognise it, I don't pretend to know the whole story, but there's definitely something there that I know
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The education system is outdated.
I could go on about it but I think everyone except those running it know the problems.
I was so happy when my kids left the education system. I was so sick of them not being treated as unique individuals.
With regard my own experience I also remember all things that were suggested that I could do - teacher, police woman, prison governor, social worker. I remember being really disappointed because I thought they were going to suggest things to me that I didn't know about or hadn't considered.
Not sure I could have told them who I was though, even if they'd asked the question. I'm still trying to work that out! 😊
both my kids dropped out of school before their GCSE's - they're both great adults and I wouldn't have them any other way and my eldest is currently going through the process of starting his PhD having been through the education system his own way :D
Good for them. Sadly my son went through 2 age leaving updates. His year was the first that had to stay until they were 17 and the first that had to stay until 18. He pretty much spent his whole school career bored and has been put off studying for life.
There seemed to be plenty of funds available for special needs or struggling children but fot those that were bright there was nothing. So they just got bored. Fortunately he's very social so enjoyed hanging out with his friends and that got him through.
wow! I've just read up on that, I had no idea - how ridiculous!
I just felt really sorry for those kids who weren't in the slightest academic. There was nothing for them. Just months of their life being forced to be somewhere they didn't want to be doing stuff they didn't want to do. I think they've changed it now so they can leave at 16 if they do an apprenticeship but there aren't many available.
Bad as it was, at least we did practical subjects at school and music was part of the curriculm.
The thing is, i suspect really we don't know who we are. I'm starting to suspect we make it up from moment to moment. If so, we are just caught in a loop of lying about what happens all the time to make some kind of sense about an identity! That's my new hypothesis! In way it seems to be liberating to suspect our minds are really just artefacts!
Or who we are changes over time as we interact with other people or situations. I guess it's more about an open mind and some core values (and mates) to see us through, and believing we have some agency to change things for ourselves.
yes... and... I know something of the essence of Jed, I recognise it, I don't pretend to know the whole story, but there's definitely something there that I know
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