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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

370. Your Children Are Schooled to Be Factory Workers | Zach Lahn

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Zach Lahn discuss the Wonder School, a Socratic-based education system in Wichita, Kansas. They delve into the value of learner-driven education, the origins of the American school system as a means to create obedient factory workers, and the true role of schools in shaping a child’s character. They also walk through a day in the life of a Wonder Leaner, the curriculum designed to help inspire these students toward their true calling, and exactly why this unconventional approach might be well worth your consideration as a parent. Zach Lahn is the co-founder of Wonder, a learner-driven school in Wichita, Kansas, with the mission of helping young people find their calling and preparing them to change the world. His background in business has been as a founder of a search fund focused on acquiring and building small to medium companies. Prior to founding Wonder, Zach managed U.S. Congressional and Senatorial campaigns and raised funds for startup companies and nonprofit organizations. He now spends nearly all of his time at school with his six kids and with his wife, building a regenerative farm on his family’s ancestral homestead in Iowa. - Links - For Zach Lahn: Twitter @ZachLahn https://twitter.com/ZachLahn The Wonder School www.daringtowonder.com/

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0:00.0

Hello everyone watching and listening. Today I'm speaking with Zach Lane, the co-founder

0:20.3

of Wonder, a socratic-based school system, K-12, in Wichita, Kansas. It's a follow-up

0:28.0

to a discussion I had with Jeff Sandefert, who's an innovator on the educational front for K-12.

0:35.9

And I wanted to talk to Zach today about the details of the educational process so that parents

0:41.8

and other people interested in childhood education could understand more thoroughly the mechanics

0:46.5

of the process. First of all, I've holes in my memory, you know, because I was ill for a while.

0:53.1

And I don't remember how we met. We met through Jeff, eh?

0:57.4

Actually, it was the opposite. Oh, okay.

1:00.1

It was, I was working in education and became a listener to a lot of what you were doing

1:07.4

and a follower in some ways. And then you had explained how you had so much interest

1:12.8

in revolutionizing education in various different ways. And so with that, I reached out

1:18.6

to you. I sent a cold email to you and we met Father's Day, maybe 2018 in Minneapolis.

1:25.8

And we sat down and we talked about education. And from there, it sort of spurred into this,

1:31.4

hey, we're very aligned. We have similar interests and we're wanting to see a similar change.

1:37.9

And from that, then introduced you to Jeff and we started kind of working with the Act

1:42.4

and MBA, the Act and Academy. And that's how it's, that's how it all started.

1:47.3

I see, I see. Now, so you're deeply involved in educational transformation.

1:52.0

Yeah. You have a school and you're going to be taking over the Act and program at some

1:56.9

point in the future. Well, we're taking a leadership role in the Act and program.

2:00.9

Yeah. Sure. Our school, we have an independent, uh, decentralized network is what I would say

2:06.6

of schools. And our school is called wonder. Okay. And who's we? Uh, so I would say,

2:12.8

well, my, my wife and I co-founded our school. And so that's when I say we, that's usually

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