It probably is just us…I think it’s probably also because as you were a kid, you probably killed it in math so you weren’t one of the “slower”, “did not meet expectation” kids.

The whole drills and practice is probably us being Asian overall (or Kumon, etc). I know specifically, when Design 39 (PUSD) was starting, they actually stress less practice and drills since they feel this just upsets kids, etc and reminds the non-super math kids they aren’t good and they get discouraged and shut down…Will have to see how this plays out in a few years.

From some of these videos and other movies, less homework resulting in higher AP scores, etc…who knows what’s correct.

At the end of the day, all this talk of everyone needing to code really makes me wonder if even if people knew how to code, would it really help that much if EVERYONE (that’s important in the hiring process) is now the same and can code basically. Not like the non-tech/computer loving people would ever do it well compared to someone who actually wants to sit infront of a screen and tap at it all day anyways.

Overall, I simply think we have too much labor, not enough jobs and there is no simple solution until a lot of the labor disappears.

I won’t trust myself to homeschool neither, but from seeing whatever I come across, the homeschool kids tend to get a lot of friendly interaction too so it’s not like locking your kids up to be total anti-social hermits nowadays.