“There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to
navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a
database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of
suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do
these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know
algebra or can analyze literature.”
- William Upski Wimsatt, author of Bomb the Suburbs
found at Fuck Everything and Become a Pirate.
I am surrounded by Educators, wife, friends, etc, and this weekend I had about three conversations on the state of the Educational system, it's origins, and where it's headed. The short version is that the system is outdated, set up for an industrial nation to train it's industrial workforce, and not aligned with a world where facts and information are at your fingertips. It lacks the guidance to navigate and evaluate. This quote struck me as offering a similar critique.
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