Time and again, the media reports on the educational crisis, the disaster of the PISA studies, or schools filled with troubled students. However, we should not view the learning difficulties of children and adolescents solely as an educational issue. They represent much more: The problems faced by young people reflect the repressed societal issues. Franziska Bernet finds a new approach to fundamentally rethink the institution of school. She draws on the flow phenomenon developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This concept describes the complete immersion in an intrinsically motivated activity that presents a certain challenge but is manageable. An education oriented around the flow principle can help address the current problems in the education system and other areas of society.