We're also still using the same educational model we were in the 1700s. We know a lot more about learning now, and that model makes no sense. We know young ki

We're also still using the same educational model we were in the 1700s. We know a lot more about learning now, and that model makes no sense. We know young kids learn through play yet we continually force them to learn through the equivalent of lectures. For older students that can learn through lectures, we insist on giving in-person lectures. This means that 99.9% of students are taught by sub-par lecturers. Highschool and college students are foolish to attend lectures person. Instead they should just watch the best in the world on opencourseware/youtube. Hands-on lab experience and group work is useful and difficult in a remote setting but a very small amount of HS/college time is spent on that. I'd argue pretty much all in-person HS/college time should be spent on that. We still attempt to teach the mechanics / tools first, like math and calc before the motivation. We do this even though we know that the human brain generally ignores information without utility. We should instead provide students a long-term goal they are interested in and introduce math / calc / physics as a means to achieve that goal.