Agree. I did not mean to imply that all learning should happen off the internet. I didn't think I did. I was just making the point that with the internet, access to education and learning is not as restricted as it was in the middle ages. In fairness, libraries change those dynamics too.

You and Jessica make a good point about schools being daycare centers. Again though, preaching to the choir. Those dynamics could change as well though but the same people who refuse to help schools succeed refuse to have those discussions too.

One possible solution here would be for one parent to take early or split retirement to care for kids while they are of young school age. They can draw social security as an income and work more years after the kids are old enough to not need such close supervision. That would actually solve a couple of looming "crises" when you think about it but nobody will consider it.

I'm a big fan of unschooling. My daughter unschooled through the last half of her education. I've found unschooled children to be .....in a word, impressive. They certainly challenge a lot of entrenched narratives. You're right about it being dependent upon a lot of privilege. But that's mostly because it's such a minority. If it was more normalized, I don't know that would still be universal.

Jessica writes a lot about collapse as well. Schools will be one of the first things to go and there is little doubt that we are in catabolic collapse as a nation. So, regardless of what the challenges are, we best be figuring it all out.

Thanks for the feedback and the engagement.