| It would be cool if early school was like a video game tutorial, to help children see their place in the world at large, as well as humanity's place in the cosmos: Welcome to Earth. You are a human, and this is [country/city], in the year 2XXX. We share this planet with many species, but we are the only ones we know that can talk and invent and build. The light in the sky is a star, and there are other planets around it, but this is the only one we know that has life. There are many other stars out there that you can see at night, and all of them have planets of their own, and maybe someday you will visit them. You are in school so you can learn how to do what you want. ...and so on, while showing a montage of places, creatures and inventions. :) History classes should focus on the inconveniences and uglinesses our species has plodded through ("We did not always have cars or phones or toilets.."), not just a droning journal of events. Maybe some of you would be interested in creating a YouTube series like this? Perhaps like a Kurzgesagt [0] For Kids? [0] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q |