Coconut Thinking School Isn’t Broken, It’s Working Exactly as Designed
Oct 14, 2025
The discussion dives into the real purpose of schools, revealing their role in sorting and maintaining social hierarchies. It challenges the myth of meritocracy, highlighting how cultural capital often sustains inequality. The podcast questions traditional competency models, suggesting they simply reshape existing power structures. By emphasizing situated knowledge over transferable skills, it proposes a shift towards learning that contributes meaningfully to life and community. Ultimately, it calls for a redefinition of success based on care and contribution.
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Intro
00:00 • 34sec
School's Purpose Is Sorting and Legitimizing Status
00:34 • 2min
Meritocracy as a Myth that Sustains Consent
02:49 • 47sec
The Real Cost of Fundamental Educational Change
03:36 • 1min
Why Competency Models Can Reproduce the Same System
04:50 • 1min
Critique of Mastery: Knowledge Is Situated, Not Portable
05:55 • 1min
AI Exposes the Myth of Isolated Assessment
06:58 • 1min
Reframing Learning Around Contribution to Life
08:14 • 1min
Designing for Place and Regenerative Contribution
09:30 • 2min
Sorting Should Value Contribution and Care
11:56 • 3min
Regrounding School Purpose: From Display to Participation in Life
14:41 • 58sec
Outro
15:39 • 13sec