Anand Sanwal

Category: family

  • Why Schools Shouldn’t Teach Current Events

    News is the Coca-Cola of information – mental junk food we force-feed students. Learn why teaching current events harms education and why historical pattern recognition creates truly informed thinkers.

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  • The Endless Ladder

    “Take one step at a time,” they said, “and eventually, you’ll reach the top, where all your dreams come true.” The children grew up learning to climb. They were taught to climb as quickly as possible.

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  • “We don’t work for other people”

    My dad said this to me when I was working a big co job in my 20s It was part warning, part expectation & part permission In the moment, I wasn’t sure how to react as this was very atypical for him (strong, silent type generally) Upon reflection, I’m very glad he said this so…

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  • This book has caused me marriage problems

    The book that has caused the most arguments b/w my wife and I is “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (highly recommend) I believe our kids should not go to college and have used lines and arguments from this book with her Notes: 1. The book’s thesis is actually not advocating against college 2.…

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  • Upper East Side, NYC parent success formula

    Here is their ideal circle of life. What did I get wrong? We need education that creates explorers vs creating conforming & compliant cogs.

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  • After my dad died, I ran and sold his company (and I was completely clueless)

    On April 17, 2017, I got thrown into running a business in an industry and country I knew little about. I didn’t totally f^ck it up.

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