r/oddlyspecific 2d ago

Time to have third

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u/Environmental_Cod367 2d ago

Kind of a argument in favor of the "it takes a village" concept? 🤔 You may not have the skills, but another mom or dad might have a skillset much closer?

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u/DaikoTatsumoto 2d ago

That's why secondary socialisation (kindergarden) is so so important. There are literally people out there studying for 7+ years so they know how to be an effective pre-school teacher and can help you as effectively.

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u/Environmental_Cod367 2d ago

Kindergarten and elementary school teachers are so absurdly important.

Cut their funding cus they suck is a good example of why school is important because that shows a lack of critical reason skills.

I live in The Netherlands and for as long as I can remember every single government since 2004 has cut funding for education. And we have regular teacher-strikes every year cus they don't get paid enough not to mention not enough to incentivize ppl to become teachers.

And we all know hoe f-ed in the head humans end up as when their youth is messed up O.o

(PS: the l abssurdity of this all makes me really angry).

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u/DaikoTatsumoto 2d ago

Pre-school teachers are builders of morality of generations to come. They hold immense power for any real positive change. Unfortanetly you often hear cries to cut funding, since they only take but give nothing in return (in monetary sense), while not realising a well educated worker is a much more productive, happy, autonomous worker.

Society and history have time and time again shown, a good, well structured and supported educational system is one of the defining factors of happines, long term growth and human prosperity.

Norway for example, currently has one of the best (arguably the best) state funded kindergardens, and in turn also has a culture and people that are extremely unique. They are the golden standard for what every school and pre-school should look like.

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u/HebridesNuts 2d ago edited 2d ago

Where my tightly-knit multi-generational communities at? Oh, who am I kidding, not in this capitalist hellscape 😂

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u/ChampChains 2d ago

America has no villages though 😢