Haven’t we learned by now that the “I have the secret of X that only I can tell you” is almost always bullshit.
Yes, ideally a kid will learn basic stuff in 50 hours. What happens when he doesn’t?
My son is a super smart kid, way smarter than I am. But he struggled to read at first... his teacher helped him immensely with different strategies to get him on the reading train. Now, we can’t get him to put books down.
The Gatto stuff is appealing but relies on a false assumptions. There was never a time when we were all yeoman farmers reading great literature on our own or in self organized study groups. There was never a time where every kid had the family life they deserved, with enough food, present parents, nobody struggling with drugs or alcohol, etc.
Gatto has good points, but frames them in fantastical bullshit.
Yes, ideally a kid will learn basic stuff in 50 hours. What happens when he doesn’t?
My son is a super smart kid, way smarter than I am. But he struggled to read at first... his teacher helped him immensely with different strategies to get him on the reading train. Now, we can’t get him to put books down.
The Gatto stuff is appealing but relies on a false assumptions. There was never a time when we were all yeoman farmers reading great literature on our own or in self organized study groups. There was never a time where every kid had the family life they deserved, with enough food, present parents, nobody struggling with drugs or alcohol, etc.
Gatto has good points, but frames them in fantastical bullshit.