How could children/students receive better education without setting a foot in a tradition school? Please be specific.
One could go fishing with Sandman. 
bobepine
PS. Water, fire, wars, capitalism and education…Hmmm. Are you anticipating some difficulties Rinkals? 
Between 10 and 12 I lived on a small island north of New Guinea (Manus Island), I did attend school but it was very slack and unmemorable. I do remember
Listening to the locals tell traditional myths and legends that scared the poo out of me
Watching the locals hunt with a bow and arrow
Swimming along the edge a reef and see very large Grey Nurse Sharks
Watching poisonous coral snakes glide around coral logoons
Row to islands no bigger than a house lot and feel like the king of that island
Watching some adult westerners have wobblies because of the isolation
Rummaging through debris left by WWII
Listening to the BBC world service
Watching a few good movies
What did I learn?
Lots about tropial climate, animals, and plants
Respect for and interest in indigenous culture
A realisation that adults had problems and were not perfect
That listening to the radio was wonderful for developing the imagination
The past has an impact on the present
Good cinema is a true art form
What did I learn in school? Some tools (reading) and access to a library that filled in the gaps.
[quote=“pjdrib”]Between 10 and 12 I lived on a small island north of New Guinea (Manus Island), I did attend school but it was very slack and unmemorable. I do remember
Listening to the locals tell traditional myths and legends that scared the poo out of me
Watching the locals hunt with a bow and arrow
Swimming along the edge a reef and see very large Grey Nurse Sharks
Watching poisonous coral snakes glide around coral logoons
Row to islands no bigger than a house lot and feel like the king of that island
Watching some adult westerners have wobblies because of the isolation
Rummaging through debris left by WWII
Listening to the BBC world service
Watching a few good movies
What did I learn?
Lots about tropial climate, animals, and plants
Respect for and interest in indigenous culture
A realisation that adults had problems and were not perfect
That listening to the radio was wonderful for developing the imagination
The past has an impact on the present
Good cinema is a true art form
What did I learn in school? Some tools (reading) and access to a library that filled in the gaps.[/quote]
What did you end up doing for a living?
[quote=“Rinkals”][quote=“pjdrib”]Between 10 and 12 I lived on a small island north of New Guinea (Manus Island), I did attend school but it was very slack and unmemorable. I do remember
Listening to the locals tell traditional myths and legends that scared the poo out of me
Watching the locals hunt with a bow and arrow
Swimming along the edge a reef and see very large Grey Nurse Sharks
Watching poisonous coral snakes glide around coral logoons
Row to islands no bigger than a house lot and feel like the king of that island
Watching some adult westerners have wobblies because of the isolation
Rummaging through debris left by WWII
Listening to the BBC world service
Watching a few good movies
What did I learn?
Lots about tropial climate, animals, and plants
Respect for and interest in indigenous culture
A realisation that adults had problems and were not perfect
That listening to the radio was wonderful for developing the imagination
The past has an impact on the present
Good cinema is a true art form
What did I learn in school? Some tools (reading) and access to a library that filled in the gaps.[/quote]
What did you end up doing for a living?[/quote]
Ironic? Sad? Pathetic?
I became…a school teacher
I suppose I wanted to share a bit of my wonder at the world but schools aren’t good for that - maybe that’s your point! I soon learnt that many of my peers were routinely making kids fill out worksheets they had prepared 10 years before :fume:
Although your upbringing has prepared you for any kind of situation, a child brought up in the traditional way, would not be able to survive in nature.