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		shotashotshota on Dec 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Many Japanese children refuse to go to school >School is an upgrade from child labor, but I now have enough experience to know it's a downgrade from what I can learn of my own. This might be true for you but I don't believe for 1 second that the common person is able to "learn on their own". Literally everything they want/need to know about anything is available on the internet but very, very few taught themselves to be educated.

vintermann on Dec 23, 2019 [–]

That might change if they had to.

Teachers who have experimented with "reverse classrooms" claim that 1. Students hate it, and 2. It is very effective.

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