PhilGoetz comments on Experts vs. parents - Less Wrong

16 Post author: PhilGoetz 29 September 2010 04:48PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 29 September 2010 09:46:45PM 2 points [-]

the parents can judge a behavioral change in their kid better than a trained stranger who gets a few minutes of observation only

Teachers spend about as much time with the children as parents do - although their attention during that time is divided among many children.