Humanness and education, as they exist today, seem to be disparate and disjointed luxuries. Ideally, the objective of education should be to make us more human. It should be a tool and process to help us explore more profound aspects of ourselves, unlock our potential, enhance empathy, and make us more aware.

As it exists today, education seems obsolete and urgently needs reform and redesign. Some core aspects of current education can be retained and enhanced reading, writing, and basic arithmetic skills. But beyond that, education is purely about exploration. The journey of investigation has to be capable of creating a unique path for every individual because we all are unique and need to identify overlapping ways. That would define the very purpose of exploration.

An example would help. If we consider the subject of geography and culture, why do we need to study them? For some individuals, the answer may lie in exploring the world’s diversity. Differences in climate and people, culinary habits, and clothing fascinate them and kindle a more profound desire to know and delve into details. For others, it may be understanding why it is so different. What causes the differences, and where did things diverge? The same subject may arouse curiosity about travel and how our bodies adapt to other food and climates. So, the study of geography has to be multifarious and multidimensional.

Every human being gets excited by different aspects of reality. Some may like abstract contemplations, while others may steer toward artistic studies. One size does not fit all. Potential and passions are aroused in different ways for different individuals. Not only are we different from each other, but we also find it commonplace to constrict our energies to a single field of study. We are naturally created to venture into many areas of knowledge. As we study geography, we may meander into fashion, the modes of travel, history, culture, human nature, etc.