Ten years ago I did focused research for my undergrad final on generational patterns. After a decade of seeing shifts in overall culture and student learning styles, I am convinced we are at a pivotal moment in education that virtually no-one will be prepared for. The formalization of STEM programs and trade school emphasis has yielded great benefits in fostering a school culture of innovation and applied learning. I have been a strong advocate of this having a continued presence in a commercial environment. That said, I have seen the concerning trends of a general millaise and reticence to lean into risk taking and ambitious learning. Trends in GenZ reinforce these predictive models of mass changes in generational learning, especially for a cohort of students impacted by COVID and who are the most surveiled generation in history. One primary loss is the humanities in these iterative innovation programs. I count myself blessed for having a formative education in the classics and a classical approach to learning. I’ve come to believe that with increased AI and digital interfacing in our learning we need to teach the story of ideas, masters of craft, and a deep exploration of ethics. I believe that disciplines of design and the arts are the perfect vehicle for engaging both larger cultural ideas and deeper personal reflections. I am committed to teach with an adaptive miindset that meets students at their point of growth and my passion is for cultivating spaces for inquiry, experimentation and mastery of materials.