The Shelf Life of Skills & Knowledge
It might come as a shocker for a few, but most skills & knowledge does indeed have a shelf life; a limited time during which it is useful and relevant.

There are very few universals. And even fewer that has stood the test of time.

As an example, a doctor educated 40 years ago seems less likely to suggest proper treatment, as the things he/she was thought has later been disproven or overridden by new and better models he/she might not be aware of. [1]



But what’s worse than being thought something outdated is the attitude that’s sold with it. People start to confuse the contents of their curriculum with truth. It isn’t. It never was. And if you think so, you were fooled.

In this way, conventional schooling does double damage — disseminating incomplete and outdated information, and solidifying it with misplaced confidence that (like the ideal of timeless truth) it’ll stay useful & relevant forever.



And there’s another problem with all of this. But it seems Mark Twain got this one figured out around a hundred years ago, and phrased it quite nicely:
['Simon Zeeks']
['Education Reform', 'Education', 'Learning']