Our education system is in a dire situation. Based on 19th century needs, the system has become cluttered, complex, bureaucratic, and most importantly nearly useless. The only reason most people stay in school is because it’s simply it’s much easier to get a well paid job by getting a degree. To get a degree, you need to be accepted into college or university. To get accepted you need to graduate grade school with good grades. And there’s where it begins. Focus shifts from teaching and raising an aware, creative, inspired and capable creature, to advancing to the next grade. It’s not about the child, it’s not about his or her capabilities; it’s about the grades. They have become the one single and most important variable in a student’s school experience.
