If you are frustrated by our current centralized education in the face of an international crisis, I believe I have the answers...

To whom it may concern,

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Education sucks.

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Me and my colleagues are seeking concerned citizens possessing growth mindsets

and a desire to change the direction of this country's stagnant education system.

We are a group of educators and learners who believe that our schools should strive

to help others seek Truth. Humans seek truth experientially, through DOING. We

believe the current centralized education system in this country is failing to meet

that expectation. We seek action. We seek knowledge and don't believe our

centralized education system is facilitating that appropriately, or even adequately.

We fear instead, that our centralized education system has strayed from the

purpose of a reasonable education. Education should be about having

experiences and collaborating in a meaningful way. These things help us seek

deeper understanding and unlock greater mysterious about ourselves and universe

around us.

So, then, instead, what is it that our group envisions?

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Grades only serve to make school competitive and drive students to resent learning.

And so, for this reason, we believe grades are nothing more than a sophisticated

form of child abuse, driving students away from an experiential education. Society

has dictated the need for grades to incentivize students to participate and attend

school. School should be pleasure to attend. School should the most interesting to

be because there are so many things to experience and learn. School should be

rich with learning opportunities. Not notes or lectures.

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We believe that school should not be a place where student anxiety is not exacerbated

by tests and quizzes and formal modes of assessment. Instead, school should be a

place we are excited to go to be cause we know there are people that love us and

care for our well-being, not just our numbers on the page.

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Additionally, many other elements of the centralized education system we seek to change, including the arbitrary division of students by 'date of manufacture', otherwise known as grade levels. Students should be free to experience and grow alongside those they feel a deep bond with, not forced together based on the year they were born. The arbitrary division of learning by specific subjects we find draconian at best and otherwise actively harmful. We strive to make education a mix of subjects and content areas that more fully mirrors the rich, blended experience of real life. We seek verisimilitude. The projects we strive to complete should feel real, they should, in essence BE real to the point that is safe and meaningful.

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All of these things, and more, we seek to overturn, but we need support to start.

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If you feel let down by the centralized education system in this country, here are the

first steps you can take:

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JOIN THE CONVERSATION BELOW. LETS BLOW THIS THREAD UP!

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In order to fix what is broken about the centralized education system, many things

will need to happen.

1. Gather support. Your support in this movement will be paramount to its traction

2. Gather supplies. We need your help sourcing supplies and materials in order tof facilitate learning of this quality.

3. Gather ideas. We need your ideas and your diverse points of view in order to make this movement successful.

4. Gather Truth. The point of all this is to learn, so the more expertise we can find, the better our group can be.

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If you have people in your life who believe that education could be more than the sum of its parts, Please write and please join the conversation below. I am sick and tired of all the crap about education. Let's hash out the answers right now!

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We are building an experiential learning community and we want you to be a part of

it.

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Thank you for reading. Hope to hear from you soon.

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-Mr. Warden

Submitted March 31, 2020 at 04:20PM by xombie25 https://ift.tt/3dE7mEx