matt on Nostr: I have a dream of an educational institution for those who want to explore anything ...

I have a dream of an educational institution for those who want to explore anything and question everything.

I know that sounds radical today, but I feel that's the true purpose of education. The dominant philosophy of academia today (in my experience) seems to be that the student is supposed to accept at face value anything presented to him.

There is no time for questioning the underlying assumptions or statements of the curriculum. Things are as they are and that is that!

Read this 1300 page textbook and let me know if you have any questions so I can tell you to read pages 100-156 again.

Now give us 50-100k+ and shut the fuck up.

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Trust the science!

You are wrong because you don't have _insert degree_.

You can't say that here!
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Interestingly, I used to think I would hate to be a teacher; I would in schools as they are today.

But I am deeply excited by the idea of teaching when I experiment in my mind with what a proper institution of exploration looks like for me. I can actually picture myself engaging with young (or older) minds and loving the process of education.

Pretty much everything touched by government and the fiat system is destroyed, including the passion of those within the affected systems.

Looking back, my state education after about the half way point (grade 6) was a total waste of my time. In fact, I think I became an adult worse off than I would have been if I had spent half the amount of time studying what I wanted to at the time, and the other half just being a kid or working a job when I was old enough.

Sitting in a hard plastic chair for nearly 8 hours per day, 5 days per week (with work to do on the weekends) felt more like prison than education.

Peace.