<div dir="ltr">This is interesting, Spike:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber_(sectoral_currency)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber_(sectoral_currency)</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>using a blockchian approach for something like this...makes my head hurt. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Stephen Van Sickle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sjv2006@gmail.com" target="_blank">sjv2006@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span><br>
</span>I wonder if your 14 year old can mentor one of the similarly gifted 10<br>
year olds.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>This was once a popular method of education:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitorial_System" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitorial_System</a></div><div><br></div><div>if for no other reason that it was extremely economical. But it also has other advantages. In my experience, I've found i never truly master material until i try to teach it to someone. And giving older students some (supervised) responsibility for the younger ones can instill positive values and help with the "maturing process" that Spike mentions.</div><div><br></div><div>I've often thought that the worst feature of "modern" education is that everyone almost exclusively spends time in the company of others the same age. Ideally, one should spend most of their time caring for the younger to learn responsibility and in the company of the older who teach by example. With the decline of large extended families, this is getting harder to find. Schools just stunt social and emotional growth. And barely manage to teach. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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