Future of Schooling

"Misinformation" seems to be the trend of the past 5 years. "Fact-Checkers" have become the normal all over social media when discussing an article from any medium. It is nauseating.

Spoiler: there are no fact checkers, only propagandists. If the media was fair, we wouldn't need articles to be "fact-checked" every day. But because we have one side dominate traditional media, the country is divided on what to trust given traditional media is biased. This is not a "right-wing talking point" either, it is a fact. Given the rise of figures such as Joe Rogan, people want news and answers. They want to know things are better than they are. But that doesn't sell newspaper copies both virtually and in print.

In the age of social media, we can see instantly what happened. The news can not longer deceptively edit to fit their agenda. It is pure, unfiltered media. Good.

As trust in media declines and ratings continue to bottom out, what is next for the world? What happens to our news? Well, nothing. More and more independent journalists will take the spotlight and report what people want: news, not your Ivy League education biased opinion. This shift is seismic, and it isn't stopping anytime soon.

This leads to the main thought of what is affected next: our school system. Teacher's Unions have ruined school for millions the past 2 years, and as a result, people are fleeing in droves to private school and homeschooling. Again, good. But take it one step further, is school truly needed? At this point, all information available in school is available online. Every concept, event, formula, etc. is available free of charge. Why aren't we using those resources? Teacher's Unions wouldn't have the power they currently do. And when you are a major donation to political parties, you want to keep that power as long as possible.

There has to be a better system than 8 hours a day learning selective material and "molding ideas" rather than training kids to "think for themselves." An entire school day could be done in half the time if we were efficient and learn 2x as much information.

We shouldn't need our information filtered through the media and schools. We just need the cold, hard data. The rest will be handled by our brains and society will be better off for it.

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