Jun 29 2023 15 mins
According to UNICEF, the number of kids without instruction on reading, writing, and arithmetic has decreased by 35% since the millennium. But something is terribly wrong. If universal primary education could fix the world, the world should be better now than at the millennium, but, in fact, it's worse. Primary means first, and reading, writing, and arithmetic are not that. Priority is. Real education is primarily about knowing what is more important and what is less so, and, then, living accordingly. But that's not taught in school and that's why the world is as it is. We've got people reading, writing, and calculating about stuff that's not important, while ignoring the stuff that is important. One statistic says it all: More than 90% of high school students admit to cheating. That's miseducation. Honesty matters more than any skill or grade or reward. To fix the world, put first things first. If you're not honest, nothing else matters.