Educating Generation-E; The New Extropians

Having experienced the unimpressive results of my own kid's participation in experimental hippie freedom forms of education, I'm skeptical at best about the idea that More Fidgeting will improve student outcomes; either physically or academically. These are human subjects of experiments that could have every bit as much of an adverse outcome as any experiment. To my mind, it's perfectly astounding to observe the degree of whimsical toying that goes on in public education. How about this: instead making kids Stand Up In Class, go back to having Daily Physical Education requirements. Nah, that would make too much sense; besides, everyone knows that New Ways are always better than Old Ways.

Comment overheard from a fictional 20 year old: "It's irrelevant whether Old provide better outcomes because Old Sucks, you stupid phuktard; New Rocks, period, the end. We rule, you suck. Everyone over 35, or maybe 28, should shutup and die; but first give us all your money so we can buy weed and toys and stay permanently baked."

If you think it doesn't matter, these are the people who are most likely to become extropian; they are also the humans that you hope will help take care of YOU, should you ever become debilitated in your 90's or 190's. Unless, of course, you expect to be the first human to stay 24 in every way, forever. Even the most reckless extropian thinkers are not that naiive. The longer our lives, the more important early character development becomes to leading a happy and productive existence.