Why Schools Fail Teenagers?

Because entrepreneurship is not being taught at all educational levels across all disciplines

Anand Sawal’s LinkedIn report makes lots of constructive points. As someone who’s taught at universities for 20 years, I suggest the problem goes far deeper.

True, the pandemic and online classes hampered the learning of my students in the past few years in regard to interpersonal skills.

But social media and shorthand texting in Gen Z-speak no doubt contributed as much if not more than the two to three-year Covid pause of in-classroom instruction to adolescents’ widespread inability to express themselves orally in real life.

Sanwal further cites research that shows. When young people feel inadequate, it takes a toll on their mental health. This doesn’t bode well for American society at large.

We’ve designed an education system built on endless sitting, lectures, early start times, memorization and “you’ll need this someday” excuses when we can’t articulate why their being “taught” something.

The founder of the financial information provider CB Insights further places blame at educational systems not breaking from: