To whom it may concern,​Education sucks.​Me and my colleagues are seeking concerned citizens possessing growth mindsetsand a desire to change the direction of this country's stagnant education system.We are a group of educators and learners who believe that our schools should striveto help others seek Truth. Humans seek truth experientially, through DOING. Webelieve the current centralized education system in this country is failing to meetthat expectation. We seek action. We seek knowledge and don't believe ourcentralized education system is facilitating that appropriately, or even adequately.We fear instead, that our centralized education system has strayed from thepurpose of a reasonable education. Education should be about havingexperiences and collaborating in a meaningful way. These things help us seekdeeper understanding and unlock greater mysterious about ourselves and universearound us.So, then, instead, what is it that our group envisions?​Grades only serve to make school competitive and drive students to resent learning.And so, for this reason, we believe grades are nothing more than a sophisticatedform of child abuse, driving students away from an experiential education. Societyhas dictated the need for grades to incentivize students to participate and attendschool. School should be pleasure to attend. School should the most interesting tobe because there are so many things to experience and learn. School should berich with learning opportunities. Not notes or lectures.​We believe that school should not be a place where student anxiety is not exacerbatedby tests and quizzes and formal modes of assessment. Instead, school should be aplace we are excited to go to be cause we know there are people that love us andcare for our well-being, not just our numbers on the page.​Additionally, many other elements of the centralized education system we seek to change, including the arbitrary division of students by 'date of manufacture', otherwise known as grade levels. Students should be free to experience and grow alongside those they feel a deep bond with, not forced together based on the year they were born. The arbitrary division of learning by specific subjects we find draconian at best and otherwise actively harmful. We strive to make education a mix of subjects and content areas that more fully mirrors the rich, blended experience of real life. We seek verisimilitude. The projects we strive to complete should feel real, they should, in essence BE real to the point that is safe and meaningful.​All of these things, and more, we seek to overturn, but we need support to start.​​​If you feel let down by the centralized education system in this country, here are thefirst steps you can take:​JOIN THE CONVERSATION BELOW. LETS BLOW THIS THREAD UP!​In order to fix what is broken about the centralized education system, many thingswill need to happen.Gather support. Your support in this movement will be paramount to its tractionGather supplies. We need your help sourcing supplies and materials in order tof facilitate learning of this quality.Gather ideas. We need your ideas and your diverse points of view in order to make this movement successful.Gather Truth. The point of all this is to learn, so the more expertise we can find, the better our group can be.​​​If you have people in your life who believe that education could be more than the sum of its parts, Please write and please join the conversation below. I am sick and tired of all the crap about education. Let's hash out the answers right now!​We are building an experiential learning community and we want you to be a part ofit.​Thank you for reading. Hope to hear from you soon.​-Mr. Warden via /r/education https://ift.tt/3dE7mEx