The Education System Speaks
- Indy Thijn
- Oct 6
- 3 min read
A systemic investigation into what wants to be heard
Our education system is creaking, we all agree on that by now. Something is gnawing deep inside. With parents. With teachers. With administrators. With children.
A feeling of: this isn't right anymore. It's gone. The soul is getting further and further away. Space is disappearing. And at the same time, the longing for a different kind of knowledge grows. A different kind of education.
Not another discussion about numbers, what's wrong, or which methods are more adaptable to the times, but a space where people listen and feel. Truly listen, to what lives beneath the surface.
That's why, on September 10th, we ( Jolijn Fiddelaers and I) are opening the field of The Education System Speaks – a collective, systemic investigation in which we let the system itself speak. Not to fix, but to understand.
Back to the origin
The first meeting focuses on the bedding:
- What is the origin of our current education system?
- When, how, by whom and for whom did it come into being?
What still lives on there (sometimes unconsciously) in the way we learn, test, select and guide?
We open the field with these fundamental questions because systemic work invites us to return to where it all began. Only when we acknowledge the beginning can something truly new emerge.
Your connection to the system.
The individual in the field
On this day we will also explore the individual systems of the participants in the research group.
We ask questions like:
- What brought you here and (as a professional) into the education system?
- What does your heart long for?
- Who are you doing it for?
- But also: who does it for you?
This movement opens the field, not only to the collective system, but also to what wants to be recognized within ourselves.
The well-being of the system
The well-being (or lack thereof) of the education system manifests itself superficially, in symptoms. Consider: home sitters (wake-up callers), the high number of burnouts, loss of motivation or meaning (for both students and professionals), insecurity, emigration, etc.
These symptoms aren't errors. They're signposts. They reveal that something in the system wants to be seen, heard, or acknowledged.
During the first meeting, we'll jointly explore which symptoms present themselves within the system. As a group, we'll decide which of these signals we want to explore in collective constellations to uncover the deeper themes and traumas in the undercurrent.
From here we experience what is needed, within the research trajectory and afterwards.
The route in brief
The Education System Speaks is a collective systemic research project running from September 2025 to February 2026, with four physical meetings:
September 10, 2025
October 29, 2025
January 7, 2026
February 13, 2026
Between the sessions, there will be an online reflection moment for integration – both within yourself and in your daily practice. There is room for a permanent research group, as well as a few spots for individual participation.
For whom:
For everyone who feels that the old no longer fits.
For those who are willing to listen without immediately knowing.
For those who have the courage not to comment on the system from the outside, but to understand it from within.
