Koos van der Merwe awakens after a 100-year sleep and is confused by the modern world, with people talking on phones, watching screens, and using medical devices. However, when he enters a school, he recognizes it despite changes like whiteboards. The document calls for a discussion on designing schools for an unpredictable future and promoting 21st century learning.

1. A Koos van der Merwe joke with a dissident streak:

2. Koos van der Merwe awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees.

3. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic screens.

4. Older folk defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls--every place Koos goes just baffles him.

5. But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1911 before the war. Only now the blackboards are white."

6. Let’s have a discussion about the future of our schools…

7. How can we design schools for a future that we can’t possibly predict?

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