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"I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- Lewis Carroll
The belief in the "impossible" is not something I taught myself to do, it just was something I do naturally. Every morning from the moment I wake up, to the second I finally fall asleep my mind races with ideas of the "impossible."
Today was no different, except for the fact that today I am sharing one of my "impossible" ideas here on my blog so the world can ponder it with me. This morning my thought was on the youth of the world, and how can we help foster the eager spark of our youth to ignite change in the world.
This idea come from my memories high school. During that point of my life the last thing I ever cared about was school. Mainly because I was board out of my mind, and found myself constantly finding fault in the curriculum and teaching methods used. Looking back, I know what could have cured that was a self set goal, not good grades, but something more tangible. Something like a real business that I was part of, that my high school experience was built around to support. Which leads me to my idea:
What would happen if we went to local high schools and started a competition for business ideas, with the top ideas being funded to start, assigned mentors, and their high school class schedules built around the education to support their business interest? Further more we would design a track for any post high school education and mentoring that would help them continue to support their business ambitions so they can achieve their business goal. Finally, since the business idea would be their own, they would be building financial security for the future through the equity steak they would have in the organization.
I do not believe there is a single person in the U.S. that can argue that our system of education is suitable to prepare our youth for the world of tomorrow. This simple idea could be what is needed to help start a new way of education, by allowing a child to be apart of something so much larger than them self, which will provide them guided path to follow for the rest of their life.
So that was my thought. It does not require government funding as the business could take care of all the cost. All it would take is the willingness for a few people to come together with me and be willing to believe in the youth of America, and our abilities to mentor them into the leaders of tomorrow.
This idea is fresh and new, and needs your input. Please feel free to use this as your spark and share your thoughts by commenting below so maybe, we can make this "impossible" idea a real thing.
To The Success & Prosperity of Our Youth!
