Nilson Onel

We’re launching @classquake Every city is already full of people with something real to teach. Veterans. Chefs. Mechanics. Artists. Founders. Parents. Historians. Neighbors. People who’ve actually lived. Classquake is a marketplace for in-person learning experiences where one person hosts a group and shares what they know face-to-face. In living rooms. Garages. Rooftops. Parks. Cafés. Studios. Not one-on-one. Not Zoom. Not another online course. Just real people gathering in the same room to learn something worth knowing. Your city is your school. Stay curious.

@CreditFlex Can you expand a little bit on the short-term continuity part?

@nilson_onel Very cool. I'm more on the meta-platform level; getting teens to the learning they need. One thing: we kind of need at least short-term continuity. So, maybe 10 hours. Keep me in mind as you grow!

Turn your living room into a learning hub and teach groups of people in your city.

@CreditFlex Of course! That’s the idea: turn your space -any space- into a learning hub. What would you teach? It could a talk about a topic you’re passionate about or a hands-on class.

@nilson_onel How about your workshop?

@hthieblot That’s me

Imagine looking back and realizing you were crazy enough to quit your job, burn through your savings, max out your cards, lose sleep for years, and ignore everyone who said it would never work… …and somehow you were right.

@pmarca Let’s disrupt education with @classquake

Harness Hyper War

@ben_m_somers Let’s get them hosting on @classquake

We are hiring teachers for $100,000-$130,000 per year based on experience for an exciting research study Please check out modernbloom.org to apply!

@fathersreforged Which is why I’m building a new one. Space the matrix!

Public school is the greatest threat our children will face. It teaches our boys to hate masculinity and our girls to hate femininity.

Exactly. The failing system wants audit authority over the families escaping it. “Your kids must meet our standards.” Cool. Do yours? Because if the public system can graduate kids who can’t read, write, calculate, or think clearly, maybe it should spend less time inspecting homeschoolers and more time looking in the mirror.

The government wants to check up on homeschool kids to see if they are meeting state standards while at the same time passing and graduating kids who don’t meet state standards. You can’t make this up!

@HannahWardEdu You should be hosting learning experiences on @classquake

I have no idea where the "homeschooled kids can't get into college" rumor started. That's just simply never the case.

This should be every startup’s founder’s favorite song

@CreditFlex @PrinceValian8t @ImColbyLyons You should host learning experiences on @classquake

@PrinceValian8t @nilson_onel @ImColbyLyons Learning is a change in long term memory.

I think it's interesting when people tell homeschoolers they should just try to "change their school." Personally I want something completely different for my kids, and there is no way that the public school system is going to change enough to provide it.

In my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever made.

Standardized education produces standardized people. Weird.

@DurhamWASP !!

“In multiracial societies, you don't vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion.” Lee Kuan Yew

A learning experience doesn’t need much. Someone who knows something other people want to know. A few curious people. A place. That’s it. And the funny part is… we already have the places. Living rooms. Garages. Kitchens. Rooftops. Studios. Backyards. Parks. Cafés. Church basements. Barbershops after hours. We made education feel like it requires buildings, departments, permission, and a small army of administrators. But the original version was always simpler: one person knows something. others gather. knowledge moves. @classquake is just organizing what humans were already built to do.

@RoyIsThaTruth Don’t expect much from the current obsolete, corrupt system. Let’s focus on building the new one.

Schools really need to remember that PARENTS are still the ultimate authority over their own children. If I decide my child is staying home, going on a trip, taking a mental break, or simply needs time away from school… then that IS an excused absence because I excused it. I don’t need validation from a doctor, attendance officer, superintendent, or anybody else to parent MY child. And let’s be real… some of y’all are way too comfortable acting like kids belong more to the school system than to their own families. My child is not a robot programmed to wake up every morning and perform on command because the state says so. Childhood is short, and I’m not handing over all of my child’s most important years to a system that thinks perfect attendance matters more than real life, family time, mental health, or experiences outside a classroom. If I want my child home for a week, send the work. If that’s a problem, I’ll homeschool and teach them myself. Reading, writing, math — none of that is impossible without a school building. And before people start with “they need structure” — structure starts at HOME, not in a classroom. Don’t send me threatening attendance letters like you have more authority over my child than I do. The school does NOT dictate my child’s life or schedule. My kids are on MY schedule. Not yours.

Lifelong learning isn’t some self-improvement slogan. It’s how humans stay human. You learn from rooms. From mistakes. From people. From asking dumb questions close enough for someone to actually answer. The moment you stop learning, your world gets smaller. The most interesting people I know never stopped being students. That’s a core @classquake belief: stay curious, or slowly become furniture.

The best startup ideas eventually sound stupidly obvious. “People will rent strangers’ homes.” “Everyone will carry the internet in their pocket.” “Cars will replace horses.” “Normal people will publish to the world.” @classquake is that for learning. Of course people should be able to host small-group learning experiences in their city. Of course others should be able to find them, book a seat, show up, learn, meet people, and leave with something real. Of course useful knowledge shouldn’t stay trapped in people’s heads. Of course your city is full of hidden teachers. Obvious in hindsight. I’m just early enough to look crazy.

Civilization depends on knowledge moving from the capable to the willing. When that flow breaks, everything decays. Families decay. Trades decay. Taste decays. Competence decays. Institutions fill the vacuum and call it progress. The future belongs to systems that make useful people easier to find, learn from, and reward.

@William_Blake You should host learning experiences on @classquake

Total insult to the world to say college is necessary to prepare people for citizenship. The kind of idea that sounds patriotic but is historically uninformed and frankly contemptuous of millions who don't go to college.