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blodkorv··on The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori
I went to a Montessori school during my childhood.

It really was the worst option for a kid like me. They let my ADD run loose and there was no real organization or dicipline at all. I remember i could spend weeks just walking around in the school and do "montissori tasks" every now and then. For regular school work they asked me every other week what i wanted to learn and let me write it down in a schedule and expected me to just learn it on my own and if i needed help i could ask a teacher for help. This led me to do the absolute minimum or pretty much nothing.

I was so behind on everything in school that i had to repeat school years several times and then before finishing cram everything i was behind on during the last year in a separate summer school.

For the kids with natural dicipline and organization it was really benefitial. But for a kid like me that needed to learn dicipline and organization it was truly the worst.

My parents insisted on keeping me there because they really beleived in the montissori way and thought i would do worse in a traditional school.

blodkorv··on Discord fined €800k for failing to comply with several obligations of the GDPR
I think i read somewhere that they do delete files and images after some time.
blodkorv··on 'It's so liberating': The people quitting social media
I have quitted social media many many times. But i always end back up, even tho i get that liberating feeling. There is alway this boring evening that makes you want to just check in and se what is going on and then it grabs hold of you.

I wish there was a way i could ban my IP or something else more permanent to really remove me from most social media platforms. As it is now, its too easy to create a new account or reactivate your old one.

blodkorv··on Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation
yes but not anyone with an computing device could. Today he can easily start a group on social media and spread this thoughts and idea.
blodkorv··on The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal?
Landlords cant raise rent as they please in Sweden, the renting market and the amount of rent is controlled by the goverment.
blodkorv··on The only way of being anonymous in Sweden is illegal?
The ones responsible for this would not really care if you highlighted them.
blodkorv··on Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra
I think Windows is the best platform for PHP development. I just need to install wamp and vs-code and then am good to go.

I can use whatever hardware i want without worrying about drivers and compatibility and just about every other advantage windows have.

I have not yet found an alternative for HeidiSQL thats free to use that works on other platforms, every other alternative costs money and or is not as good. HeidiSQL on wine is horrible.

blodkorv··on Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra
How far away am i where i can have a windows arm laptop to develop php applications on and superb battery life?
blodkorv··on Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their work after burnout?
no
blodkorv··on Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?
On the top of my head, excel and all the features it has. There are probarbly lots of other things. But if Googl Workspace works then good for you. I just know there are tonnes of companies out there that just cant live without MS-Office
blodkorv··on Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?
There are no real alternatives to office-365 for a majority of the companies out there.
blodkorv··on Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?
This is the real reason why my company uses teams. Its really hard to motivate the cost of slack when you already are paying for teams.
blodkorv··on Ask HN: Do you regret being a generalist?
I actually do. When i was younger and junior in software i scoffed at people i know that specialized in getting really good at one perticular software.

Today i look at them with envy when they are experts in one particular thing, like Microsoft AD or Sql-server or sharepoint.

It pays very very well something i never understood how and why companies would pay that much for specialized knowledge.

blodkorv··on Sex is going out of fashion?
Sex is becoming a thing only the upper class will have access to. The rest are either too unattractive or poor to be wanted.
blodkorv··on Ask HN: If Kubernetes is the solution, why are there so many DevOps jobs?
instead of 3-4 devops guys, you now only need 1-2 really good kubernetes guy.
blodkorv··on I no longer grade my students’ work, and I wish I had stopped sooner
Why not, there will be for sure students who have the ability to grasp a course fast and effectily to compete with those with prior knowledge, why not grade and reward that ability.
blodkorv··on I no longer grade my students’ work, and I wish I had stopped sooner
Even if every studen have zero prior knowledge in a course, there will be those who will perform better early on being able to understand the course faster than others, of course you should grade that ability.
blodkorv··on I no longer grade my students’ work, and I wish I had stopped sooner
How far should we strech this? there are students who come into courses with superior memory or iq and get a head start from that.
blodkorv··on How come there’s not an app that’s successful at helping people making friends?
Because making a friend requires more than an app.
blodkorv··on Is studying in Germany really free?
You can always study in sweden for "free" all universities are paid thru taxes.
blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
It was communicated early, but my mom really believed in the montessori way and thought i would catch up naturally, which i never did without a major push.

I performed much better when i entered "gymnasiet (late high school)" and had a more traditional and structured way of teaching, despite having learning and discipline issues. But i strongly think that if i had been put in that environment early on i would have developed that areas which i lacked naturally much better.

blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
It is very much true, I am one of the children that got left behind in a montissori school. There where others like me at the school also but none as severe as me. It really only benefitted the ones who where smart from the beginning.
blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
I went to a montessori school for 10 years and i fail to see how a system where you except a "slow" child to want to learn subject that it find difficult and put in the time, dicipline and efforts into it. The method is all about children wanting to learn subjects that are difficult and challenging for them by them self with very little structure and minimal interferance.
blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
I went to a Montessori school in Sweden for 10years and while i never was a problem child. I have always had problems with learning things, taking long time and lack dicipline and organization. I never got the most from it, instead the school got the most of my will to do everything but learning school subjects.
blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
Montessori only works if you are a gifted or diciplined child from the start. For those that lack that in their personality its a really bad match.
blodkorv··on The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
I went to a Montessori school during all of my schooling before gymnasium.

It really was a super bad fit for me.

Now when i look back at it, it is super obvious montissori is great for talented children and those who are able to have dicipline and organize them selfs, without much guidance.

Me myself has always lacked that and always will. This made be fall behind so bad in school that the only way i was able to finish it was because of a private tutor my parents hired.

Now its not _all_ because of the school, it also is my own abilities. I am simply not a smart learner nor very good at problem solving.

But the lack of organization, clear learning paths and a mindset of letting a child try to learn all by him self was super bad for me. It was also clear it benefitted girls a lot more than boys.

Today i really resent everything about montessori, it was a complete failure for me and only let my lack of dicipline/organization and insufficient problem solving skills run my schooling for ten years while everyone in the school thought i would just magically develop abilities i lacked on my own.

blodkorv··on How I learned French in 12 months (2020)
And i have been studying for 3 years by my self and no where near to be able to say i "know" french. Some people just are better at learning stuff than others.
blodkorv··on Why are young people having so little sex? (2018)
This, women have an abundance of top tire men to choose from.
blodkorv··on Is the madness ever going to end?
when will we see javascript and html rendering built in onto our oses.
blodkorv··on Running a Law Firm on Linux
But is it Stable or Testing or something other?
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