Imagining the future of education

The kids today gaze at screens not at faces. This highest of human abilities, subtle communication by facial nuance, is being lost. Reductive tweets and snarky facebook naricissm in the classroom, in the highschools. There is no place away from big brother of social networks, no place to escape the relentless pursuit of advertizers selling products 24/7. This push to "HELP" schools will do away with teachers and replace them with online learning. Its already happening. Face to face if expensive. Face to face enables change of pace, change of content depending on subtle facial cues in the classroom or lecture hall. Innovation gets in the way of this communication.

There is no shortage of information out there. The world is swimming in it. School kids DO NOT NEED ACCESS TO INFORMATION. They need a safe place away from the avalanche of distracting viral videos, or mindless tweets, of 24/7 distractions to focus on hard learning. They need subtle communication of TEACHERS, face to face, using emotive skills to empathize with the student - only done face to face.