[extropy-chat] change of topic

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Kevin Freels <cmcmortgage at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Perhaps we
> > should fire all
> > of the administrators and teachers and replace
> them with proctors. Send
> > the kids to school,
> > and let them interact as they wish, subject only
> to rules of behavior
> > enforced by the proctors.
> >
> This is actually a great idea. Turn them loose with
> a library and Google. I
> wonder if there would be a legal and ethical way to
> test this and see how it
> works?

Do it some place that doesn't normally have schools,
for instance rural India.  If it's a choice between
this experiment and nothing, then since it seems
likely this experiment will at least not produce
negative learning, that takes care of the ethical side
("do no harm").  Legal is up to negotiation with the
local administrators, but if you really are doing it
someplace that doesn't have schools but wants them
someday, approval should not be too hard to obtain.