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June 4, 2024 33 mins

Why do so many smart people find it hard to learn in classrooms? Why can’t an education system that was good enough for our grandparents be good enough for us? The first episode addresses some of the major themes and mysteries of modern education, while telling the story of Timmy Matthews–a person who, like so many of us, could learn well from tutoring but found classroom teaching to be disastrously ineffective.

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