The first thing that we must do, is actually get a handle as to what exactly are ‘solutionaries’ and why they are important. This article from Huffington Post will makes the point very clear http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-danaher/lets-be-solutionaries_b_2664393.html. We can clearly see that it is not just a single solitary person in a single solitary field, but that in fact, can and should, encompass all of mankind. The challenge is not only in finding ‘solutionaries,’ but then having them implement that bigger vision of the world and make it all that it can be as stated in the above article.
The finding part I believe, is quite simple in the fact that we all can become part of the bigger whole that are called ‘solutionaries.’ The implementation is the bigger problem, as we have to be trained to be able to implement this vision and that training would have to come from the educational system.
Education as it is delivered today, is not capable of providing the training for the vision without a total and complete overhaul. With the existing model of doing the same as we have always done so, deeply entrenched into the system, it would take a monumental effort to break from that mold and deliver the results that would be required to achieve a generation of ‘solutionaries.’
As discussed in this Ted Talk by Zoe Weil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HEV96dIuY, the reasoning of why the traditional educational model is no longer working is quite clear. As a product of that system, I have firsthand experiences of its inadequacies. In doing the PIDP courses, I have come to the realization that I, as well as everyone from my and unfortunately, following generations were taught, but we did not learn anything. I do see evidence of things changing, again from the experiences in this program, but we are a long way away from breaking the previous mold and moving into the vison that Zoe Weil is promoting. Instead, what we like to do is make minor tweaks and profess that big changes have happened. Some of these so called tweaks, such as the ‘no child left behind’ have in some cases, done more harm as kids are not prepared to meet the harsh realities of real life. This is quite evident in reading the ‘11 lessons that you will never learn in school’ that have been, apparently, incorrectly attributed to Bill Gates, as it was originally done by Charles Sykes as per the following article http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/schoolrules.asp. The majority of these lessons not learned are a direct result of that initiative.
It is with sadness and regret that with the advancements in technology that we as a society have made and the information and knowledge that we have gathered as to what works best for the learning process, that we are still so slow to implement that into the educational system. The holding onto the ‘old ways’ are not helping the generations of students that are coming up now and with that, we are not taking advantage of the ever increasing information, knowledge or technology in order to progress as a species.
The finding part I believe, is quite simple in the fact that we all can become part of the bigger whole that are called ‘solutionaries.’ The implementation is the bigger problem, as we have to be trained to be able to implement this vision and that training would have to come from the educational system.
Education as it is delivered today, is not capable of providing the training for the vision without a total and complete overhaul. With the existing model of doing the same as we have always done so, deeply entrenched into the system, it would take a monumental effort to break from that mold and deliver the results that would be required to achieve a generation of ‘solutionaries.’
As discussed in this Ted Talk by Zoe Weil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HEV96dIuY, the reasoning of why the traditional educational model is no longer working is quite clear. As a product of that system, I have firsthand experiences of its inadequacies. In doing the PIDP courses, I have come to the realization that I, as well as everyone from my and unfortunately, following generations were taught, but we did not learn anything. I do see evidence of things changing, again from the experiences in this program, but we are a long way away from breaking the previous mold and moving into the vison that Zoe Weil is promoting. Instead, what we like to do is make minor tweaks and profess that big changes have happened. Some of these so called tweaks, such as the ‘no child left behind’ have in some cases, done more harm as kids are not prepared to meet the harsh realities of real life. This is quite evident in reading the ‘11 lessons that you will never learn in school’ that have been, apparently, incorrectly attributed to Bill Gates, as it was originally done by Charles Sykes as per the following article http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/schoolrules.asp. The majority of these lessons not learned are a direct result of that initiative.
It is with sadness and regret that with the advancements in technology that we as a society have made and the information and knowledge that we have gathered as to what works best for the learning process, that we are still so slow to implement that into the educational system. The holding onto the ‘old ways’ are not helping the generations of students that are coming up now and with that, we are not taking advantage of the ever increasing information, knowledge or technology in order to progress as a species.