When I was a teacher, I worked at a "project based learning" type of school. In this type of school, each class is assigned a project, and kids work on the project all semester.

The goal here is to take the skills that are learned in a traditional school, and take those skills and have the students work on a project instead. The skills are learned in order to be able to complete the project.

One of my favorite projects was the "Food Bank Project." We gathered information from our neighborhood, including what food the people in it liked to eat and were sometimes lacking in their home, and we sourced the food and distributed it.

I was intense. Along the way, we had to learn math equations, sorting, organizing, lots of writing asking for food, and then advertising to the locals etc.

And it was very rewarding.

Thanks for reminding me of this.