Many smart teens want adventure outside the school cage.

Some well trained young humans tolerate "School cages" and learn how to earn money. .... Are they really happy? ... Other young ones suffer the agony of being caged, enter depression a contemplate death. ...  Some wild ones have great happy adventures.

TO: Members of parliament or their advisers, stop over-analysing the "why" behind the dropout crisis. Schools are cages for young wild ones. Our kids are drowning in depression and misery caused by large high school cages (zoos)—and they need a lifeline, not a lecture from Ancient politicians with 19th Century views of value of schools. They need real experience learning in small team groups, not found in large child care cages. ... All they get there is regurgitation.

Many of the clever "school damaged" children just walk out to prevent their pain. Aerie College offers different, safe, tribal experiential  learning.

The cure isn't found in a classroom; it’s found in the wild. Real healing happens when teens disconnect from the school noise and reconnect through honest conversation with professional mentors.

We have the expertise. We have the teachers. The "Cocoon" platforms are available. Now, we need the $1,000,000 sustainance .

By launching School Ships on the Murray River, we can "cocoon" these students within the heart of wildness. On a houseboat, stripped of distractions and surrounded by nature, we don’t just treat the symptoms—we create the "happy now" magic.