I did not realize where Elon Musk was sending his children before he created his Ad Astra school:
Musk pulled some of his children (and Ad Astra’s first teacher) from Los Angeles’ Mirman School, a private educational institution for gifted children that requires pupils to pass an IQ test and also does not have traditional grade levels. Its alumni include former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold. A school newsletter written by a parent boasted of Musk being a “Mirman parent” after a class toured SpaceX’s factory.
“Mirman’s proven 52 year track record as an exceptional school for highly gifted children should not be disregarded, yet we have absolutely no ill will towards Elon or his new educational venture,” Geoffrey Gardner, Mirman’s spokesperson, told Quartz in an e-mail. “As an institution, we would like to see many more schools founded across the country that serve our unique population of gifted learners, and we wish him (and his students) nothing but the best.”
The Mirman School‘s motto, by the way, is contendite ad astra — reach for the stars.
Let me guess, he got into a fight with the principal and said, “Screw you, I’ll create my own school.”
Why don’t these rich folks hire tutors like in the old days? I don’t get the advantage of classroom schooling to folks that are going to walk into a job in the family corporation or inherit a huge sum. Note, my kids go to public school, so this isn’t me showing off homeschooling.