Dear reader,
any society’s principal foundations can be traced back to curiosity, community and responsibility. Those are the variables that drive these pulsing organisms’ growth and trickle. We as humans try to measure this so called “success” of society by comparing economic growth, intelligence or health, thinking that, if we just push the seemingly never-ending flow of energy and money into the right veins, we can manipulate the direction in which this organism develops towards an incongruously delusional utopia. Because the direction in which we consciously manipulate our creeping expansion is limited by the tracks we built from the way we measure success, the approach used to prepare individuals for a “successful” life in society is confined to a narrow path that ideally heads directly towards the labour market and maximizes economic efficiency.
This preparation is what we like to call “education”. We as editors of this magazine believe that the way our society qualifies success and, in turn, approaches education is fundamentally flawed and long requires a careful rethink. Reflecting through a diverse kaleidoscope of social and ethnic backgrounds, we want to incentivise you to take a step back from the traditional education model. It was set in place with an ideal productive life in mind that, as we have long found out, is not realistic in the slightest. What is definitive is that our educational system should reflect different peoples distinct, perhaps unusual definitions of their personal success.
It should provide stepping stones for a discovery of possibilities that exist around the globe.
We tried to supply you with a glimpse into what could be possible. Although our perspective is shaped by our own understanding of what defines a successful education, we hope it inspires you to build upon these ideas and consider what changes you believe are necessary.
The Editors team
