Michael Karnjanaprakorn argues that the traditional view of education needs to be challenged. While getting into college was once seen as the pinnacle of education, the focus should instead be on learning. He debunks several myths about college, including that it always leads to higher lifetime earnings, awesome jobs, or higher paying returns. Not everyone needs to or can attend a prestigious four-year college. Instead of requiring college, more emphasis could be put on alternative paths like two-year colleges, paying students to quit college, or investing in students like startups to foster learning.

1. Michael KARNJANAPRAKORN Let's Start a Learning Revolution @mikekarnj

2. Let’s Start a Learning Revolution Michael Karnjanaprakorn, @mikekarnj Skillshare, Co-Founder http://skillshare.com

3. Today, we’re going to challenge the traditionalnotion of education. Because the pinnacle of education is getting into college, not learning.

5. “Just because a boy wants to go to college is no reason we should finance it.” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939

6. “We will provide the support necessary for all young Americans to complete college and meet a new goal: By 2020, America will once again have the highest portion of college graduates in the world.” - President Obama

7. We need to debunkthemyth that a college degree leads to success.

8. 1. Myth: college leads to higher lifetime earnings. $1,000,000 How much a college graduate can earn in their lifetime according to a US Census Report. Actual amount the average college graduate earns in their lifetime including college fees and variant costs. $279,893

9. 2. Myth: college leads to awesome jobs “17M Americans with college degrees are doing jobs that require less than the skill levels associated with a bachelor’s degree.” Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

10. 3. Myth: college leads to higher paying returns Richard Vedder from The Chronicle of Higher Education debunks the myth that a college education will result in higher paying returns. Focused on a small subgroup of the entire education ecosystem.

11. 4. Myth: everyone can go to a great school Not everyone can go to Harvard 20,000 students per year Here’s the reality...

12. 500,000 students $3.7B (2009 revenue)

14. “Americans now owe more on their student loans ($830B) than their credit cards ($827B).” Source: Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2010

15. Not everyone has to go to college. Having a college degree will notensure that you will be successful.

16. #1 Who made up the rule that we have to attend college for 4 years? Why not 2-year colleges?

17. #2 Why not pay students to quit college? Peter Thiel pays would-be entrepreneurs under-20 $100,000 to drop out of school.

18. #3 Why not invest into students like we do with startups?

19. #4 Here’s an even easier solution. Why not go back to the true goal of education: LEARNING

20. STOP BUILDING APPS, START DISRUPTING INDUSTRIES

21. "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein