Elon Musk explains why school feels so boring
School often gets learning backwards.
Elon: "you want to teach to the problem instead of teaching the tools"
Start with something real.
Elon: "here's a car engine, we're going to try to understand how this car engine works. We're going to take it apart."
To take it apart, you need tools.
Elon: "along the way, you learn about wrenches and screwdrivers and all the tools that are needed"
But that's not how school usually works.
Elon: "we're going to teach you a course on screwdrivers and a course on wrenches. And you're like, why do I have a course on wrenches?"
It's like learning to cook.
A year of knife drills is torture.
"Let's make tacos tonight" and you learn the knife in a day.
Elon: "That would be like, say, a course on calculus without explaining what calculus is useful. And then you sort of forget it."
Give people the "why" first. The "how" sticks.