On: How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a ...

[riggins]

I always find it a little sad to reflect on education because I think we can unleash a generation of geniuses.

I don't think it even takes a radical teaching method. I think it takes a radical reordering of priorities.

Instead of glorifying athletes and closet organizers famous for making sex tapes ... we need to glorify education, hard work, and resourcefulness. And parents need to reinforce the message by rewarding/encouraging those traits.

[vdaniuk → riggins]

Glorify hard work? Madness. We don't need these protestant values in the coming post-scarcity economy. We should glorify efficiency, curiousity, self-sufficiency and internal state of tranquil happiness.

[teach → riggins]

Changing public education in America will be hard. But changing the culture would be even harder.