Curiosity-based smaller-scale educational opportunities facilitated by a car-free environment

Education is unjust in today's society  and the solution lies in creating car free communities We need communities where children can walk free This requires a complete rebuilding Since we do not have that yet  the outline of what it would look like  will have to suffice and the plan will have to be developed piecemeal based on local conditions and desires
The injustice of education is the result of stratification and discrimination in the use of resources But the real problem of education is not just this injustice Education suffers from the defeat of choice and curiosity among all who would learn Education suffers from a one size fits all approach  when the truth is we all learn differently Education suffers from the creation of classes where individual attention is  scarce of nonexistent   Education results from the gratification of curiosity Education occurs when curiosity meets resources  A walkable community would have multiple educational  cyber-nodes Education would be everywhere - a permanent fair  whose booths or kiosks attract on the basis of interest  Teachers would be guides with the world at their fingertips and the capacity to field questions  and mentor the interested
Even such elementary things as learning to read and write and do elementary mathematics would benefit  Imagine a car free community of at least 10,000 persons  where students number a third of the population  Students could walk to the Math Kiosk and find the best instruction in the world on a large screen a whole group could see Iterations of learning centers for all ages and all interests would turn education from its present stratified one-size car-dependent retro state to a vital community-based enjoyment based on the presence of all concerned  living and working and re-creating in one community
Curiosity should lead education Achievement should be determined  by meeting benchmarks gradually Success should be a satisfactory exchange between teacher and curious child
In a car-free urban environment security would be ensured by the rules of the community  which could mandate that residents not own guns and that bullying require immediate remedial intervention Such seemingly draconian steps represent the trade off between the violence prone  society we now have and a car free cyber-society whose  economy supports radical shifts such as one from  today's stratified factory schools  to the voluntary curiosity-based smaller-scale educational opportunities facilitated by a car-free environment

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