> 1. Students’ brains are broken by our existing system. We’ve been reworked purely for extrinsic reward and forgotten how to learn entirely. The most frequentl

> 1. Students’ brains are broken by our existing system. We’ve been reworked purely for extrinsic reward and forgotten how to learn entirely. The most frequently asked questions we get are “is this required?” and “donwe get a certificate for this?” It’s sad I suppose this is sad for academics, who teach as though they expect all of their students to become academics. But the students are just being realistic -- for almost all of them, an education is preparation for a career. I was in academia for a little while and it was amazing how many professors just didn't understand that.