"Perhaps high schools and colleges should be a little less concerned with transmitting data and concentrate more on how to think, where to get data, and how to evaluate that data."
Right on target. My generation had 4 hours a week, for 2 school years, of what was called 'Philosophy', but was actually how to think logically, how to lie convincingly, how to identify falacies, how to parse a newspaper headline and articles, how not to be a fool in this world. Learning directly from the legacy of the masters of the past.
Two years after us, the Spanish government decided that reducing this "horrible" subject that "nobody cared about" to a mere 1 hour a week, and watered down, was a good idea.
They did so following a schooling model that was more flexible and nice with the students, and the "standard" in the most powerful economy in the western world.
9 years after that decision Spain has finally started to regret and revert their decision.
Very well said, but the teachers that take upon themselves to present subjects like 'Philosophy', are not to enthusiastic about it and the students may find it difficult to grasp the implications of 'Philosophy' in their lives.
Right on target. My generation had 4 hours a week, for 2 school years, of what was called 'Philosophy', but was actually how to think logically, how to lie convincingly, how to identify falacies, how to parse a newspaper headline and articles, how not to be a fool in this world. Learning directly from the legacy of the masters of the past.
Two years after us, the Spanish government decided that reducing this "horrible" subject that "nobody cared about" to a mere 1 hour a week, and watered down, was a good idea.
They did so following a schooling model that was more flexible and nice with the students, and the "standard" in the most powerful economy in the western world.
9 years after that decision Spain has finally started to regret and revert their decision.