IN YOUNG AGE A KILOS OF BOOK TO CARRY AND A HECKTICK TIMETABLE NO TIME XTRA CIRRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2006-06-24 07:35:43 · 8 answers · asked by LUBZ 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Humans as animals teach our young the skills necessary to survive. Human society has evolved to where hunting and gathering are replaced by reading, writing, and arithmetic. Just as hunting and gathering are a burden, so is learning the 3 R's. The contrapositive to your statement would be "Is not having an education a burden on young children?" The answer is yes. But which burden is better-to have education or not to have education?
To respond to the comment:
> I too am starting to wonder if we are giving our kids (especially
> 5-8 year olds) so much school work that they aren't getting to
> be kids. And don't get my started on the weight of those
> backpacks.
My experience of children's minds are that they get bored easily. We either fill up their bored minds with lessons and activities that we plan for them or they search their own ways to fill them. Kids usually fill up their minds with less constructive activities like video games or finding what troubles they can get away with (which is a natural instinct for searching the limits of their environment).
2006-06-24 07:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by MickMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chill out, people... this poster's first language might not be English.
I too am starting to wonder if we are giving our kids (especially 5-8 year olds) so much school work that they aren't getting to be kids. And don't get my started on the weight of those backpacks.
But my concern goes farther than that - I see SOOOOOO many children in that age group who have a schedule to rival a corporate executive's. There's school and sports and music lessons and tutoring (yes, TUTORING) and maybe if they are lucky, some sort of religious or moral education. But my point is, there's no time to just be a kid. And that worries me.
2006-06-24 14:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is preparation for adulthood.
In today's world, an adult carries a lot more, in responsibility, paperwork, and consequences for failure.
Childhood is preparation for surviving adulthood. Free time is nice, but not a "right."
Young birds that fail to learn to fly are eaten by predators. Young lions that wander from the pride are killed by hyenas. Young wolves that fail to learn pack hunting techniques end up as lone wolves, hungry and isolated.
Young humans that fail to survive the education process (either through schooling OR through being in the workforce) end up wandering and alone, with minimal food and shelter as handouts from others (if those handouts are available).
2006-06-25 10:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by spedusource 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is. I think going to school for 6-8 hours then coming home and having homework is wrong.Aren't they robbing our kids of their childhood enough with them going to school all day! They do enough work at school why send them home with it too! (I have two children of my own by the way)
2006-06-25 22:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by lovepink24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not it's important for small children to learn basic math and science. It's also good for the brain.
2006-06-24 15:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by tidalwave4ever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-24 14:36:34 · answer #6 · answered by wolly_gator_1993 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude....look at your spelling then rethink that question!
2006-06-24 14:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by jng_911 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's good for them. they thrive on it. what else would they do?
2006-06-24 14:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by fooz1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋