Quote:Exactly my point.

 

Put the parts in bold (black) together and that's exactly what is wrong with our education system.  From grade school up through college people are indoctrinated taught to learn the "correct answer".  Questioning how the answer is the "correct answer" is not allowed.

 

One of my favorite clips from Steve Wozniak describes it better than I can.  It's a 3 minute clip, but it's relevant regarding the whole education system.

 

That leads to the part in red.  It happens from the grade school level up to and including college level.

 

Oh dear...  First of all, he's critiquing K-12 schools...  LOL.  

 

And you realize that when you are being taught material, at first thinking outside the box is not really that good an idea.  2+2 is 4.  But, I guess they should be taught outside the box because otherwise, they are being indoctrinated.

 

That's just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.  I want my kids to learn the basics in K-12.  There are courses, like History, Literature, etc where creative thought is still taught.  But grammar, math, science, in a K-12 setting are the foundation of critical thought.

 

You cannot think critically if you don't first have the fundamental foundation taught to you.

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