If you want your kids to thrive in the next decades in the commercial world, internet sage Seth Godin tells us that they need to learn to be good at two (and only 2) things:
- Solve Interesting Problems
- Lead
If you can raise a kid who can solve interesting problems and lead (which requires emotional intelligence and generosity). The way you learn to solve interesting problems is by solving interesting problems. The way you learn to lead is by practicing generosity and kindness for a higher goal.
Everything else, you can look it up on the internet, or you can hire a pay a commoditised skill person to do it for you.
Exams certainly don’t test these 2 skills. They check whether you can solve un-interesting repetitive problems that have already been solved. They don’t test how you affect other people and get them to be better because of your presence.
Check out the answer from Seth: