Epistemology is about knowledge. It asks how we know what we know, why we believe it, and what counts as truth. It challenges us to look at what we’ve accepted without question and to wonder what might still be missing.

In schools, what we teach—and just as importantly, what we leave out—shapes how students see the world and their place in it. Science is often taught as a fixed set of answers instead of a way to ask better questions. History is treated like a closed book, not an evolving record shaped by power, perspective, and silence. The humanities get pushed aside, labeled soft or extra, instead of being treated as vital tools for understanding what it means to be human.

But the world is changing. The questions are getting bigger. And we need thinkers who are ready.

We need ethicists, mystics, dreamers, artists, and scientists who can hold complexity, sit with the unknown, and imagine new paths forward. Technical skill is important, but it’s not enough. We also need wisdom, discernment, curiosity, and heart.

That’s why epistemology belongs in our classrooms. It invites students to ask:

What is real?
Who decides?
What happens when our old answers no longer fit the questions?

Because reality is shifting. New stories are rising. Paradigms are cracking. If we aren’t teaching students how to question, how to stay curious, how to sit with uncertainty and still stay grounded, we aren’t preparing them for the world that’s coming.

Here are the kinds of questions that matter now:

• What happens when epistemology becomes part of the curriculum?
• How do you define what is real? What do you define as not real?
• Is reality objective, subjective, or something else entirely?
• How do perception and bias shape what we see and understand?
• How has knowledge—about other intelligences or even our own human potential—been dismissed, hidden, or tightly controlled?
• Who gets to decide what counts as science or history?
• What stories are we handing down, and what truths are we leaving out?
• Are we teaching students to think critically or just to fit in?

Let’s raise a generation that questions, imagines, and stays awake. Let’s teach them how to build something new from the ground up.