Some questions I've had is,Bootstrap wrote:On the education side, I really would like to see all children get the equivalent of a high school education,
Why does the general populace generally agree that the amount of education a person can get in 13 years (k-12) is the right amount? Why this minimum? Why not 15 years worth or 11 years worth?
And what should be taught? Should or do schools actually teach how to shop for clothes?
I want my children to learn history from a pilgrim church perspective, not from an Evangelical or secular perspective.
My "core knowledge" list includes knowing something about people like Conrad Grebel, Menno Simons, Christopher Dock, Skippack School, Martyrs Mirror, etc. and does not include
And when should this knowledge be obtained? Should it all happen by age 17?
Years ago my dad floated a model in which children would at age 14 would begin working 3 days a week and doing book learning three days a week. This work and apprenticing would happen under the oversight of trusted role models. The idea is that it would prepare teens for industry and responsibility while continuing to stimulate their minds.
Such a model would mean that "formal education" (as understood by the western world) might be extended to age 20.
I actually like this model and would like to see it attempted somewhere. There is much education that children miss in the traditional K-12 model.
And should it stop at age 17 or age 20.
Should the Christian community be advocating continued education until the point at which they can no longer benefit from it? Would this contribute to less fossilization in Christian communities?
So if I could rephrase the quoted sentence above, I would say something like,
"I really would like to see all children get whatever education they need, that will allow them to accomplish the purpose for which they were created."