When Learning Breaks: A Human Systems View of Education Failure

When Learning Breaks: A Human Systems View of Education Failure When someone succeeds in one learning structure but fails in another, the issue isn’t ability—it’s alignment. In this episode, I share my experience attending around ten colleges and universities, earning two associate degrees, and repeatedly encountering the same pattern: success at structured, sequential levels—and breakdown at abstract, non-linear ones. This isn’t about effort or intelligence. It’s about how systems are designed. Key ideas: Learning systems don’t just get harder—they can become misaligne...