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For anyone that is interested, this is a video of a man in India who tried experiments with child directed education.
In one notable experiment, he left a computer and instructed the 12 year old children to learn about biotechnology.
The rub was that these children did not speak English and that the program was in English.
When he came back, 2 months later, he found that the kids scored a 30% on a test about biotech, when before they couldn't even read the material.
Personally, I think it's time for a total revision, of how we educate kids.
You know, I gotta admit - I learned so much more on my own in the past 5 years via wiki walking than I did going to school.
However, learning the basics of things through the internet is easy. Where I think it falls short, though, is through technical knowledge. Those things can be learned only through experience, through doing.
But you're right - our educational system needs a total revision.