Another example, my parents taught me to read at about 4 years old. When I started kindergarten (the year before 1st grade in the US), the teachers and principal didn't believe I could read and I had to prove it by reading a book to them I'd never seen before.
replyI think they're right that kids (at least in the US) are generally treated as less capable than they are, and it ends up slightly delaying their development.
You may have been raised properly since you don’t get what I mean. I really envy kids with “Chinese parents” that had them learn math early on and not some bullshit like that if you put your tooth under your pillow, then a tooth fairy will come.
replyI think those 2 are orthogonal. Math still works with Santa or the tooth fairy.
replyMaybe math works but critical thinking doesn’t. There are people who have lived for many decades without ever questioning insane b.s. they were taught as kids.
replyIt is possible to have learned both things you know.
replyI had to learn maths early (not chinese or asian) and also a bunch of scary stories to make me behave. I would have been glad to learn about fairies.
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