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Originally Posted by Uplift  Imagine an education system using techniques like Photo Reading, Meditation, Anthony Robbins, Personal Training, Accelerated Learning, NLP, Paraliminals, and the myriad of other successful learning methods under the 'self help' umbrella. All of these techniques recieve rave reviews from adults, yet aren't good enough for our kids? What is going on? |
Perhaps it's because some of them aren't backed up by any form of scientific research?
I may be in the minority here, but I actually liked high school. And uni. The subjects were interesting, the teachers supportive, I'm still friends with some people I met there, and I learnt a lot!
In my opinion, it is the lack of things to do *outside* of school apart from meaningless tv watching, shopping and video game playing, along with constant media messages that you have to be this and that to be cool that are (one of) the cause(s) of depression and drugs. Along with the usual growing pains. And the loosening of social networks and cultural identities. But I might be wrong.