Matthew Biggins

May 28, 2018

6 min read

The Outlier’s Guide to Education — Part 1

How American Schools Set Students Up to Fail

Three ways our education system has let us down

Photo by Nicola Tolin on Unsplash

What is the purpose of education?

  1. To get good grades?
  2. To get into the best universities?
  3. To get the best jobs?

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