Emelia Wild

Private tutor. child-rearing related shower-thoughts now mostly on substack

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

The De-Gentrification of Private School https://t.co/D9WpVtXqev

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

@JamesAFurey was it 'teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons'?

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

An intro to my project - if you're interested in following as we try to circumvent the private school system by DIYing a top draw education for our children, please subscribe!

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[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

rewatching Little Women (90's version always) and my takeaway this time is that the March's have a HOUSEKEEPER

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

The next step in the evolution of children as a consumption good. BUT the impact having 'better' babies (more intellegent, with more self-control, healthier..) is mind boggling. Like AI, this technolodgy will be leveraged by some countries whether we like it or not.

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What is polygenic embryo screening? Is it eugenics? Why is it controversial? New piece from me and expert coauthors in @aporiamagazine debunking bad arguments from against this new technology. https://t.co/zTkDWwB08T
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[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

There is no utility in teaching little children about depression and anxiety. If I was paying 14k a year for education I'd want the school to stick to maths and literacy. #WMHD2024

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

I've never been self employed before. Opening my to do list and seeing zero busywork is a revelation. Maybe I'm in the honeymoon phase but feeling a bit silly for not trying it before.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

@sharemath any recs for math ed tech without the offending elements? Looking for a good platform for my students

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Attended a Catholic baptism and swore to help raise the baby in faith. He is the 3rd child. Schools like Stonyhurst, Downside and Ampleforth should offer bursaries to parents who enroll 3rd, 4th, 5th siblings. It would be interesting to see if it causes a mini baby boom.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

@Beanie0597 Also if we are on iphone 2 of AI, we're going to have to learn to think BOTH alongside chatbots and independently from them. These are two entirely unique skill sets.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

@Beanie0597 I see it as similar to the difference between handwriting and word processing. The word processor makes it easy to iterate on a first draft. Handwriting needs to be more or less right first time. One is not inherently better than the other, they are different processes.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

@Beanie0597 I use AI as a starting point. Its like editing a very competent student. You can ask it to go back and rephrase, or think about a counterargument. You are still doing the thinking. The AI is doing the grunt work. Results can be original.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Tech policy from Heritage School, Cambridge. State schools must follow suit. If an adult can barely get through a Netflix show without checking their phones what hope is there for a teen in a 3pm geography lesson. Stop wasting everyone's time.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

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Alpa School - 2h of gamified AI tutoring, the rest 'real life' projects. The problem is what to do with the kids now that the idea that they need 5h a day of instruction has been debunked. Warehousing kids is cheap.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

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Interesting that digital V analogue methods of visualisation have the same benefits. Study was inclusive of preschoolers to college students so I would like to see a study more age-group specific before endorsing ed tech for primary school. Hopeful.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

My family, but make it Les Mis.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

For all intents and purposes, the children coming of age in 2030 (with access to a polymath mentor with an iq of 130) will be a different species. It is hard to see beyond that point, but our duty to educate the next generation demands that we try.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Background knowledge is at least as important to reading comprehension as reading “skills.” A 1 year old learning what things are called is beginning their academic journey. Tell them what everything is called. A 3 year old asking 'why' deserves a full answer. Keep explaining.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

'would your Great-grandmother recognise this?' If no, be suspicious. Humans are built to seek out novelty - processed food, processed entertainment.. it's overstimulating. We live in a giant skinner box. THINK about what children consume before they become habituated.

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Check out How Children Learn by John Holt

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Toddler is 'wallpapering'. Her idea. Skills include: fine motor (peeling the stickers, cutting), gross motor (climbing on the sofa, using core to position paper), spacial awareness (cutting the right sized square for the space) and problem solving. #unschool #freeplay

[Emelia Wild @Emelia_Wildx]

Even if, like me, you're not into the idea of unschooling, I'd recommend the literature for parents of the 3-7 crowd. It will make you a better 'facilitator' of your child's play (and more sympathetic to their messes).