Well, why not? It seems the modern world demands the erosion
of those traditional joys and preoccupations associated with childhood, so why not go
the whole way and confine them to a beautiful memory? Until, that is, those of
us who do remember them have all died out. And let’s be honest: which is more
important, competing with the world’s best systems or allowing children to have
a childhood? You decide while I ponder two questions:
1) Does the modern world really demand the erosion of
childhood? Is it really being run by psychopaths as one academic recently
claimed in a celebrated book? Or is this another example of the current British
government getting its values arse-about-face as usual. The Labour Opposition
has reacted to the statement by saying that schools curricula should be
determined by educational experts, not the prejudices of ministers. Mmm… yeah.
2) What’s an algorithm? I freely confess to having no idea,
since we hadn’t learned about those by the time I left school at sixteen, and I
can’t say I ever encountered any need to know. Have I missed out on one of life’s
great rewards, I wonder.
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