Yeah that strikes me as a good balance. I did plow through some curricula that were good at scratching my curiosity itch. At the time the best was Princeton Review’s Jr series. But I was a bit scattershot in my reading, and there were a handful of weird subject gaps that I didn’t fill until later in adult life. Not ideal!
Yeah that strikes me as a good balance. I did plow through some curricula that were good at scratching my curiosity itch. At the time the best was Princeton Review’s Jr series. But I was a bit scattershot in my reading, and there were a handful of weird subject gaps that I didn’t fill until later in adult life. Not ideal!
That said, there are so many great resources now that didn’t exist in the 90s. Eg Great Courses, Khan Academy, 3Blue1Brown, plus all the open courses from top colleges. Two hours of directed study combined with “ok now go follow your curiosity” seems huge.
The only real catch imo is integration. Kids need peers on a similar enough learning journey. But I suppose that’s easy enough to find in SFBA / Boston / NYC!
Yeah that strikes me as a good balance. I did plow through some curricula that were good at scratching my curiosity itch. At the time the best was Princeton Review’s Jr series. But I was a bit scattershot in my reading, and there were a handful of weird subject gaps that I didn’t fill until later in adult life. Not ideal!
That said, there are so many great resources now that didn’t exist in the 90s. Eg Great Courses, Khan Academy, 3Blue1Brown, plus all the open courses from top colleges. Two hours of directed study combined with “ok now go follow your curiosity” seems huge.
The only real catch imo is integration. Kids need peers on a similar enough learning journey. But I suppose that’s easy enough to find in SFBA / Boston / NYC!