Dear Humans,

All my life I’ve been told that education is the key to a better life. If I paid attention in school, worked hard, and got good grades, I would get the things I wanted. And it’s true! If you learn what you’re supposed to learn in school, you are more likely to get a better job, a bigger house, a nicer car, and a more comfortable life. 

But those things, of course, are not the point of learning. They’re nice by-products. It’s very nice to keep ourselves free from material worry or strife. But the point of learning is freedom. The point of learning is coming up with your own ideas about what the world should be like and having the means to make the world (or at least a little bit of it) a reality. 

So that’s the lesson plan for today.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt