High School
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Godin: High school indoctrinates people to obey authority and seek corporate status
“High school is where we got indoctrinated. Indoctrinated to go get a job at a famous company. Indoctrinated to do what the boss says. Indoctrinated to say, will this be on the test? Over and over and over again, the hierarchies, the status, the affiliation, it…”
Liemandt: Alpha School teaches high schoolers to build Brain Lifts for LLMs
“That is the skill we think is critical. We start teaching it in high school.”
Liemandt: Alpha high schoolers are designing a curriculum to make $1 million
“In our high school, We have a set of students who want to create a new curriculum for next year and the curriculum they want to start is how to make a million dollars in high school.”
Lutnick: Conform in high school and save academic debate for college
“In high school, if she says the sky is orange, the answer to the test is orange. When you get to college, you can argue with the professor all you want. High school, color inside the lines, give the teacher what she wants, make sure she loves you, and you're g…”
Caldwell: A lot of YC applicants are literally in high school
“For the folks that apply to YC, a lot of them are literally in high school.”
Hoffman: High schools should teach decision-making rather than Calculus II
“When you say, well, should I have calculus two or not? As a way of prepping for this path, the actual, you know, kind of question that you Could actually get to that would be a really good thing to have in all high schools is decision making, right?”
Cohen: Personal branding should be taught in high schools worldwide
“A personal branding is really for life. I advocate that it should be taught in high schools across the world.”
Garg: High school edtech will take longer to transform than early education
“I think there are gonna be pockets of pretty substantial change in the next five years. And some, I think, will just take a while longer. Like, I actually think high schools will take a bit longer than some of these others just because of the phase shift, righ…”