Radically Aligned Primary Education - School after AGI and Post-Labor Economics

🎯 "Why is school so early? Does it need to be?" You are asking the RIGHT QUESTIONS, my friend.

The purpose of education in an Ai era is to make kids a better understanding of the world, so that they can find their passion and their own purpose of life, otherwise, life will be boring

Having students reach their maximum potential is so important since it encompasses so many great skills and traits that make individuals both distinct and able to interact with others in a positive way. As a music teacher, I've noticed that students learning and playing music as a soloist and with others helps them develop so many things that become fulfilling and special to them. Those are the things that I believe will always be important for the human experience.

The purpose of education is to provide daycare for households where both parents have to work.

Emotional intelligence must be a part of the curriculum. Our society is crazy because of a lack thereof.

My dog ate my homework.

First things first - you go for walks in some really beautiful spots!

I work in a special needs school. The purpose of the education we provide is to help our students have access to learning. There's no attempt to make good little workers. We are now teaching them to use AI to augment their lives.

That school system sounds like the one they practice in Finland.. Based on an older American model.. And it works for Finland, they have the best performing students anywhere in the world..

Actually, where I grew up, school started at 9am🙏

David dropping bombs. I have been saying this all of my life about school and the education system. If only we value ourselves better...

Hard agree on everything. And when you mentioned "playing", it really struck me how little of that is done in school. Playing is such an enormous component of learning, especially when you have some way to play with something that requires problem solving.

School starts early. 4 years old here in Australia. I think a radical overhaul of every aspect of society is required. Sleep, diet, exercise and motivating factors for all. The health of the body determines the health of the mind. It is no wonder we are where we are at this moment in time. I have adjusted my diet to suit my needs and my life has changed dramatically in all ways. Especially within my relationships to others. Clear minds...... I love your outside the box patterns of thought. Please keep up the work you do. Free thinkers needed, apply within.

Awesome video David, my daughter is 8, in spain, she goes to a school that does basically what you say. They start school at 9am but it's fine if you are a bit late, don't do much the first hour, play, etc, they teach them math/science in a way that they don't notice it much, eat together, socialise, get out at 16:30, no homework. And after that we apply more focused tutoring if needed, English as a second language (which is learn via activities, theatre, science, art, etc, one afternoon per week 2 hours+ 2x sessions on zoom, super useful to learn videoconferencing), swimming pool, drawing/arts, she has problems with math.. so she gets a one on one tutor for that. Agreed completely that this is the way education should be.

About the no homework idea. I think the conspiratorial idea that homework is only justified as a means to oppress children and prepare for a life without freedom is a bit over wrought, and assertion that there is no scientific justification for it is flatly wrong at least in my field. I teach a skill based subject rather than a knowledge based one. I don't teach piano, but that is an example that is similar and might be familiar to many people. My weekly 60 minute class is necessary, but more important is the student practicing the skill by themselves between classes. That is a kind of homework. A student learning the piano will not improve without that kind of solitary homework practice. The weekly study with a teacher isn't enough. I assign my students homework like this not because I want to show that I can control their private lives, but because that is the only way that they will improve. If they don't do the practice work at home between classes, they might as well not come to class.

My wife is a teacher in the inner city where there’s absolutely terrible culture. Gangs, fights, no one participates. It’s basically daycare for teens. She and I both believe she’s exactly where she needs to be. Many of these kids will never see even 1% of their full potential, and she fights against that trend.

David love the outdoor vibe! Weather finally breaking in NJ we can get back to hiking. After watching your vids always feel that much smarter and like how you not only do you have the obvious deep tech side to it but also human side. Best of both worlds!

A few more considerations: teacher to student ratio; classroom hours per week; student involvement in lesson planning; personalized learning (that starts with the general scope of subjects available) personalized schedule based on the students ability to develop study habits; student selected homework projects; legacy survival skills...

Yes!!!!!! Nature walk and talks are becoming more common. This has given me such a great motivation to go outside and be in nature. Great leadership! It is needed sense I was becoming lazy from being sick :( Thank you for the help! :D

I was JUST thinking about how messed up it was to get up at 5AM as a teen, 6AM as a kid, in order to get to school on time. And personally I would love to see sign language and the arts taught from the start. A lot of people believe that they can't do art, but thats only because they haven't been taught. I wouldn't think I could write or do math if I hadn't taken some classes and practiced. And certainly, playing an instrument, writing, and things like painting also restructure the way the brain thinks. In fact, over the years as I have studied painting I have developed whats called an "artist's eye." I can see a range of color that is several times deeper than a non-painter. Its a really fascinating phenomena!