I think a lot of the time we spend in elementary school English classes could be vastly improved.
Things we should be learning:
- Be able to critically analyze other writing
- Something we do well in school
- Learn How to make ideas spread
- Learn and practice How to Write Better
- Learn and practice How to be a great storyteller
- Learn and practice How to Build a Movement
- All of this will probably happen as a result of weekly/bi-weekly blog post style work + weekly/bi-weekly speeches, talks, presentations, etc. The topics for these things can be anything from the common list of objectives and themes in How to Write Better. Constantly having to think of places of friction in the world is also a way to train us to be better thinkers about the world. How to change the way you think
- It could be argued that we already do some of this, but it’s all as parts of elaborate projects and papers that take up lots of time.
- Debating and Changing your mind
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Some parts of How to make good predictions when it comes to thinking and updating
- Some parts of Negotiation
- Developing content consumption practices
- Diverse sources
- Note-taking practices
- Memorization practices potentially
- Other things from Schools that support democracies