One need only glance at the daily news headlines to understand that we live in a highly dysfunctional society. Every kind of crime imaginable takes place on a daily basis, not just in big cities, but all over rural America as well. Our streets are not safe to walk on. Our schools are frequently in the headlines as places of violent attacks. Children are abused by their parents, the very people they should be able to trust without question. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States. More than four children die every day as a result of child abuse. Domestic violence against women is rampant. More than one million women a year seek medical help for injuries that result from battering. Drug and alcohol abuse affects families at every level of society. Every night in America thousands of people go to bed hungry and without adequate shelter.

Twenty-six percent of Americans have a diagnosable mental illness. Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the United States and Canada. Quite often people suffer from more than one mental disorder at the same time. Nearly half of the people who have a mental disorder meet the criteria for two or more disorders.

Many mental health issues have their roots in childhood. Children suffer problems that go undiagnosed, and these problems grow to become diagnosable disorders. The current school system does little to address this kind of problem. With constantly increasing pressure to meet academic standards, there is little time for notice to be taken of a child’s emotional well-being.

We believe that all of these problems are merely symptoms of the root causes. The problem of social dysfunction in society is analogous to a tree. The roots of a tree go deep into the ground, and the tree cannot live without their support. The roots of social dysfunction are the same. Instead of trying to diagnose problems at the root level, all our nation's attention and financial resources are being directed to the leaves and branches of this tree, which are only the symptoms of the deeper problem.

Free World U was created, not just to be another school, but to serve as the most direct and effective method of attacking the root causes that we can imagine. We believe that by changing the way children are educated, we can make fundamental changes that will improve society as a whole.

The delivery system used by most schools is inefficient. The curriculum is not relevant to the life a student will live when he leaves school. A pre K-12 program that addresses pertinent issues and teaches students more than just the expected academic courses is needed to begin to cut away the diseased roots that are causing problems in our society today.

At Free World U we are making inroads into these issues. We have developed a delivery system that makes it possible for students to learn up to seven times faster than conventional means. This gives students more time to learn things that are not normally taught in schools. Our curriculum is constantly evolving and being expanded to include information that will help our students become intelligent, socially aware, and emotionally stable members of society. We believe that this, above all else, will begin the process of repairing the root causes of social dysfunction.