@melissa
@melissa
experiments in parenting from first principles / n=1 experiments in biohacking / internet anthropologist
i've long noticed that elite private schools all have the same specific failure mode –– one that's particularly insidious for gifted kids alpha school is most notable for, as far as i can tell, its rare immunity let's call it the 'good for your age' trap
children are told to find what compels them, but i learn most from what repels me i read so much so that i know what to reject i am looking for friends, enemies, news
Our school loves sending emails like: "Don't forget the deadline to submit your forms for Floo Day" and provably none of these have been explained, ever
at our kid's last school, you had to be like luke farritor with the scrolls to parse the meaning of the calendar this was widely known (or unknown) by parents, there was a side group chat dedicated to its decryption