Practically I think that just means that the kids end up getting taught vast quantities of "exam technique" rather than content.
I taught myself the essence of calculus when I was 14 or 15 - there were holes in my knowledge but it took I'd estimate 5 years for regular education to catch up to the intuition I built then (on a houseboat on the Thames even, sounds romantic except for the fumes)
I was homeschooled through 6th grade, entering regular school, it was striking just how "slow" everything seemed.
Conversely, I struggled immensely for a year and a half, once my 3 year lead on material ran out.
The difference in quality and speed in something you're self-motivated to do and are doing at your own pace, versus something you're being told to do at someone else's pace, even with the same person in both cases, is quite astounding.
Or maybe that's the viewpoint of someone with ADD, and most people can keep steady progress _and_ lead balanced lives. I'll never really know.
Yes. Kids moving countries hit that wall at full speed, and have to learn the exam system and quirks on top of the actual content.
The interesting aspect to me was how they need to take a step back and look at it as a set of made up conventions, when they might have just absorbed it as universal truth otherwise.
Depends on the kid. Don't you think?
For some the repetition is the only chance they get to find a pattern.
I think where "traditional" education truly sucks tho (unless you are blessed with a gifted teacher), is giving you an overwiew of how the pieces fit together and what is behind each of them.
I taught myself the essence of calculus when I was 14 or 15 - there were holes in my knowledge but it took I'd estimate 5 years for regular education to catch up to the intuition I built then (on a houseboat on the Thames even, sounds romantic except for the fumes)