“Higher intellectual pursuits should only be taught after someone has a firm grasp on how to care for themselves physically.”
That may be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen on FR in ALL my time here. :-O
You have just discounted EVERY child under the age of 4/5 years old from learning ANYTHING. What are earth are you thinking?
In ALL of your time here? We’ve been here about the same amount of time. Surely you could find other examples of inanity over the last 7 years.
I said HIGHER intellectual pursuits. Think: college. We’re putting kids through educational curricula that teach to rote memorization and standardized tests. No one thinks for themselves any more. “Groupthink” is what our public education system has devolved to.
And yes, Maslow was a socialist. I learned about his pyramid in high school health class and then again studying psychology in college. While his “self-actualization” crap is exactly that, the base needs are certainly necessary. I don’t agree with all of them, but being able to tend to one’s base needs such as food, shelter, safety, physical and financial security are certainly tantamount to learning chemical engineering and such, wouldn’t you agree?
The way you’re framing it makes me sound like I’m advocating that kids go into the forests until they’re 15 and live like Davy Crockett. I’m simply saying that we’re now giving kids these digital devices and teaching them to rely on them while there are much more basic needs that should be understood as necessary over some battery-operated baby sitter.