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Really interested to see if there is such a thing that needs a solution that a capable business could provide

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[–] kurucu83@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don't have solutions in mind, that wasn't the question. But my thoughts were along the lines of:

  • Education punishes the teacher, and by extension punishes the student
  • Many states around the world fail to invest in it, to their detriment. Mainly because the perception is it's all cost and no return; and yet the countries that invest in broad education prove this to be wrong.
  • Good education is so rare, it's usually prohibitively expensive.
  • So most people get exhausted teachers, constrained, uncreative. Even the caring ones only have 5 mins to spare.

So it seems to me that a disruption might:

  • Offer an alternative approach to teachers, that allows them to do their best work more easily through efficiencies, or aids, or reusable tools, or enhancements.
  • Find ways to educate outside of the system without eroding the standard expected. If it works, it becomes the new normal. Maybe this is what "Academies" tried to do in the UK.
  • Maybe link industrial benefits with educational costs. As part of a big industry employer, I am dependent on the school system to provide future skilled and capable employees. But it's very hard to invest or support that system in a meaningful way.
  • One option could be to sponsor school assignments, give young students real-life projects, but the sponor owns the IPR.

Hopefully that elaborates on the thinking, someone smarter than me is needed to spot the opportunity, one safe for the next generations of students, but also profitable, and make it work.