Ted Dintersmith

drive out of kids' certain characteristics and reinforce others.

And as I say, that model made all sorts of sense in 1950.

And I think we're in very difficult times now.

And I think differentially, because of that latency in the development of brains among boys and girls, there's a differential impact

that does a lot of damage, I think in both cases, right?

I think we're losing a lot of great female entrepreneurs because of this.

And I think we're losing a lot of boys through the system that they just don't finish, you know, and it's just like, and it's heartbreaking.

You know, too, and that study was verified.

And I have to say, as a venture guy for years, I loved to back people who had gone rogue on school.

You know, I avoided, you know, like, somebody said to me, Exeter, Princeton, Harvard Business School, I'd say, like, go get a job at McKinsey.

You know, because, again, it's not that they're not talented.

It's not that they're not hardworking.

They are.

But going through that process and jumping through the hoops put in front of you isn't conducive to a mindset that says, I'm going to go rogue and change the world.

So how do you do it?

I'd say three things.

One is you don't have to change.

I mean, I spent 15 years hoping that schools would be very innovative, and it's proven to be difficult.

But I say, you don't have to change everything.

But what if we said each kid coming through school by the end of their school year would create a capstone project that shows them at their best?