Naval on Education
1. The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d show opposing ideas and students would self-verify truth. No grades, no tests, no diplomas - just learning. Actually, you’re already here. Careful who you follow. 2. What would be taught at “Naval University”? The first class I'm going to run is actually on persuasive writing. The second is I'm going to send them to a school of persuasion, like the Dale Carnegie Carnegie school. Then, nutrition. Not that you're going to tell them one way is right, but you're going to make them cook, you're going to make them log diet and see what makes them feel good. Figure out optimal nutrition for themselves because what is ‘correct’ is very dogmatic, and the target moves around so much. Mathematics, for sure, but it's got to be fun. It's going to come through application. So, make them build instruments with physics or play in the chemistry lab, but always ...