I am honor when someone comes to me asking my opinion and/or to review a works they’ve done on a subject matter I truly believe in and is near and dear to my heart; emergency/disaster survival and preparedness. So when Todd Sepulveda, someone I have corresponded with for quite some time, approached me with his new works, “Education After The Collapse” I was more than happy to oblige with his request for a review.

 “Why would I want to review yet another post-apocalyptic book?” you may ask.  Simply put, “Education After The Collapse” is like none other. Where most books I’ve reviewed address the skills and knowledge needed to survive a long-term catastrophic event or as some of us fondly like to call it,” the end of the world as we know it”, this book looks beyond the actual event and addresses a matter that most of us haven’t considered - post-apocalyptic academia. 

As I begin my review, I note from the start that this author is more focused on the educational value of what this book can bring to others than the monetary gain.  The book is free. Further, the author encourages all who read the book to share it with others as well, again free.

The author opens our eyes to the realization that the educational-community is more focused on the preparedness of the “classic disasters’ of hurricanes, tornados and the like, and the preparedness-community on preparedness skills and knowledge, thereby leaving a large void in the area of academic education and how we will teach our youth ‘after’ a catastrophic event.

The book opens to a scenario we have read numerous times in one form or another: a small town; 5 years after a global economic collapse, struggles with the all too familiar “what ifs” we find ourselves preparing for today; food, looters, thieves and yes death. The year is 2018. As the town bands together there is a realization that sans the education of grandparents and elders of the community there has been no formal education for the children.

The author helps us understand just what education would mean to us and our youth after a catastrophic event. He points out that ultimately, a teacher will need to know his students.”  My first thought to this? “Most of us can’t even relate to kids now under the best of circumstances.”  Just  sayin’. Think about this. The youth of today are practically born with some sort of electronic device in-hand. They will be thrust into a world where everything is done manually.  Everything will need to be taught this way. And thus the whole point of this book.

Each subject is methodically set forth beginning with reading; or as the author refers to it as; ‘the most important of all the subjects’.  He also includes Alphabet Flashcards – Recognition & Sounds to use as aids which I found a great touch. In fact, I found myself smiling as I recall sitting at the kitchen table with my mother using cards much like the ones included in this book as I learned to read.

The next subject is math (*groan*). Sorry but this subject always seemed to prove a wee bit problematic for me as ‘classwork time’ greatly impeded on my grade-school social time i.e., the sooner you did your classwork the sooner you could go out to play at recess. In this section the teaching concepts of concrete, pictorial and abstract are outlined and discussed along with the math foundation of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts, using great graphics and visuals to explain. And, although not exclusive to math, problem solving is also discussed which will help teach the student to organize their thoughts and work out their problem using a problem solving process.

And lastly, science which in the author’s opinion, and I tend to agree, will be the most beneficial subject in a collapse scenario. He reminds us that topics like knowing which plants are safe to eat, which animals should be hunted for the most nutrition, gardening and working with soil, etc… would all come under Science.

After reading “Education After The Collapse” I’m really puzzled as to why it has taken this long for someone to step up to the plate and write an easy to understand book that both reminds us how valuable our education is now and how valuable it will become to those who come after us - no matter what the event. 

In my opinion, “Education After The Collapse’ is one of those “must reads” for furthering your preparedness now and hopefully for generations to come.  You can obtain your copy by going to www.edthatmatters.com free of charge.

Oh by the way, did you know that a foot is the length of your forearm and a yard is the distance from your nose to your fingertips? Cool huh?

Contact Info for Todd Sepulveda:
Website for Education After The Collaspe www.edthatmatters.com
Personal Website: www.prepperwebsite.com

Just sayin’

- Survivor Jane

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