On the good school

Students spend so much time in schools (sometimes even more time than they do with family), yet the following seem to escape the minds of many young people*:

• use basic tools
• save money
  • investing and risk
• purify water
• grow food
• cook food
• make and repair clothes
• build shelter in case of emergency
• plan for common major life events
  • funerals
  • weddings
• critical thinking about the law and taxation
• reading at least two differing opinions on a news story
• how to leverage technology to learn almost anything

For most of the things listed above, it comes down to the "how" rather than the "what": teaching the "how" gives the learner the knowledge for a lifetime while teaching only the "what" would have a shorter lifespan!