Derek Lowe, who I suspect of being British, has an exemplary blog at http://pipeline.corante.com/. Reading it, and his insights on chemistry and that business, I could not help but think of khanacademy.org and Khan's initiative in education.
Khan is laying out fundamental, elementary lessons that any patent could go over with any child, and both learn. Once those elements are mastered, then the students can more specialize, based on interest, and then engage a Derek Lowe.
It seems to me in education we overpay for so little, and so many never get to where they could, that is arguing with Derek Lowe over Vinca alkaloids, or testing out some of his theories, for fun.
I know the fearful claim if kids learn the basics at home they will they will miss out on socialization that he school environment offers. The few years that we homeschooled our kids we took care of this problem by dragging our daughters into the bathroom and stealing their lunch money. This way they did not miss a thing.
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