I shared my views on government indoctrination (public school) earlier today and a ton of people made the assumption that I learned how to read and write in school.
This is untrue, I struggled terribly with instruction from teachers, everything went in one ear and out the other...I had to be tutored at home and that was a little bit better, but still tough. They thought I was never going to learn how to read and made all sorts of crazy recommendations to my family...Tried to put me on a bunch of medication, that my family luckily declined.
Then one day I discovered the Goosebumps series and I had a break through, and was able to teach myself to read with the help of my family. Probably because it was the first time I tried to read something that actually interested me. IMAGINE THAT!
But that didn't change my ability to retain information from the teachers, their instruction still went in one ear and out the other, because it felt like torture, not learning.
So eventually I would bring in books that I was interested in and read them to myself in class, I regularly got in trouble for this too. Not just fiction either, a lot of history as well.
If some people value school and have the ability to learn that way, and if some children don't feel like they are being tortured there, that's great for them, but their experience does not cancel the experience of those of us who don't learn well in classrooms, and we should not be submitted to that torture if its not for us.
Again, this is the problem with one size fits all solutions, standardization, and uniformity in a world of diverse people who have diverse needs and preferences.
Many teachers try hard to work against this problem in the curriculum, but the problem is with the system, not the teachers, they are many times victims of the system as well.
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John Vibes is an author and researcher who organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference. He also has a publishing company where he offers a censorship free platform for both fiction and non-fiction writers. John is currently battling cancer , and will be working to help others through his experience, if you wish to contribute to his treatments consider subscribing to his podcast to support at https://www.patreon.com/johnvibes