Coddling the little dears ‘independence’ and ‘hands on’ tendencies sounds like typical “education” reform.
They used to be a LOT more strict, regimented and disciplined. And education has declined from those times as academic rigor has steadily given way to making sure the poor little dears are not at all inconvenienced or made uncomfortable by the pace of the lesson plan and making sure their self esteem is high and that their impulses are catered to.
I respectfully disagree. I was never very good at learning from a lecture setting but I was the one everyone went to for class science projects.
There is no better way to learn wetlab or engineering skills than actually solving problems. Lectures are just the necessary background.
there is no provision for young fathers to go to school. Usually the boy will be forced out of school at 18 to work as a peon to pay child support at grunt wages instead of going to school to make a better future for himself and his child.
Girls on the other hand have the entire government system as surrogate daddy.