• Chainweasel
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    331 year ago

    I legitimately thought I only had to go to school one day on my first day of kindergarten. And to find out the were 13 more years of it was crushing, 13 years is an unfathomably long time for a 5 year old.

    • stebo
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      111 year ago

      how do you still remember your first day of kindergarten

      • Chainweasel
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        101 year ago

        I don’t remember the whole thing, just that I was super pissed that:
        A) I didn’t learn how to be a “train driver” my first day.
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        B) I had to go back the next day

      • Fleppensteyn
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        31 year ago

        I’d say a new experience is more memorable. I remember things from those early years but the later years of elementary are gone from memory.

        • stebo
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          11 year ago

          from my memory, I didn’t exist before I was like 7

      • Dandroid
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        21 year ago

        I still remember “graduating” from preschool. We made little graduation caps out of paper plates and bowls.

        • stebo
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          21 year ago

          okay tbh I remember something like that too, but it’s more the pictures I saw later that I remember

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      Kindergarten was only a half day of class for me and I remember the despair when hearing 1st grade and onward was a full day. All that time and effort to become an adult that sits at a computer doing pointless bullshit

  • @AceBonobo
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    71 year ago

    We should be making it better

    • @rockSlayer
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      41 year ago

      Montessori schools seem to be that better option

        • @rockSlayer
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          21 year ago

          I don’t have kids so I haven’t looked very deeply, but the Montessori schools in my area seem to be secular. They’re also part of the public school network

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Where I live they’re all christian oriented. Otherwise I like the concept. Maybe they’re different elsewhere.

    • Timwi
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      -91 year ago

      We should be making it optional. That will automatically make it better because now they have to work to make people go voluntarily.

      • @rockSlayer
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        31 year ago

        Education is essential to be a functioning member of all societies. The problem is not education, the problem is how we educate. Right now, we’re educating kids in a way that conditions them to be obedient workers. Education methods like Montessori which prioritizes the agency of kids seem to be much better for establishing a passion to learn and critical thinking skills