Rol,
There is something "wrong" with education people for work, if educating
for work is all that is done, and for solely that purpose.
My bias as a generalist leads me to value education for the sake of
teaching people how to think, not what to think. For this there is, in my
opinion, the classic example of the Academy (Plato). Life is continuously
learning; whether good results from it or not is not the question.
How to think, not what to think. When a person is capable of making their
own decisions they can of course pick what if anything they would choose
to do, and do it to the best of their ability.
How many of us have strayed through life, involving ourselves in things
that we had no inkling we would ever do? To whit the Prodigal
Son/Daughter - living in a dung heap as a learning experience was not
what was anticipated, but only what they got. In the end, a return to the
fold brought re-birth, renewal, and compassion from the father...(father
in caps if you wish). If I don't understand concepts but only am trained
in rote, that to me is not being educated. Educated...from e duco...lead
out, not train. It is too common nowadays to have curricula be
undecipherable, yet that often is "required" for completion of course
work, or gra duation (move upwards). Perhaps, as some have offered, it
was not such a good idea to have too many learn too much...now they, as
Adam and Eve, have eaten the fruit and it is impossible to go backwards.
Never, never, never is a very long time...so I offer that the problem is
that the education process does not promote learning how to think, but
only what to think. Best I can do on short notice. :) With great respect
for your manner of thinking...
--Regards, John Constantine
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