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The Solution Test - Q&A

What does your solution do?
It offers learners the opportunity to use their time in school to learn not only about things that that are important to teachers and parents, but things that are important and deeply interesting to them.

How does it work?
Beginning in kindergarten, learners will spend 10% of every day learning about something they want to learn about.  That percentage increases by 10% every two years until by their senior year of high school they're spending 70% of their time learning about things they love.

Why would someone want it?
I believe that as humans, we all have an intrinsic desire to learn about something.  And I believe most of us secretly wish we had more time in the day to follow our dreams and passions.  Therefore, incorporating such a model into schools just makes sense.

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