The birthday problem

We sort kids by their manufacturing date.

Born in 2015? Class V-A
Born in 2016? Class IV-B.

As if learning cares about your birthday.

Here's what happens next: We create humans who can only work with their own vintage. They graduate into a world where their mentor is 20 years older, their CEO is 10 years younger, and their best ideas come from conversations with people who weren't even born when they started college.

And they freeze.

Because we taught them that age equals stage. That older means smarter. That younger means less than.

Except it doesn't.

At Flourish, an 8-year-old teaches coding. A 6-year-old asks the question that unlocks the lesson. A 12-year-old learns humility from a 9-year-old's insight.

This isn't progressive education. This is just... reality.

The real world doesn't have grades. It has problems that need solving. And the solutions don't care how old you are.

We're not preparing kids for the world. We're preparing them for more school.

The assembly line was perfect for making widgets. Turns out, children aren't widgets.

Who knew?