School's foster knowledge, with social development being left to children who believe advertisements. There is the aim of producing economic, rather than social talent. There seems to be the idea that individuality can be nurtured by competitive behavior. While there is an attempt to foster individuality, the cultivation of recognized similarities and co-operation, is overwhelmed by the abstract, and often confined to elite students with 'talent',sports or activities with specific conditions. How much of our essential understanding of the world is achieved after school years. To much. Both parents and teachers offload responsibility. I often wondered at the capacity of teachers to consider ...

School's foster knowledge, with social development being left to children who believe advertisements. There is the aim of producing economic, rather than social talent. There seems to be the idea that individuality can be nurtured by competitive behavior. While there is an attempt to foster individuality, the cultivation of recognized similarities and co-operation, is overwhelmed by the abstract, and often confined to elite students with 'talent',sports or activities with specific conditions. How much of our essential understanding of the world is achieved after school years. To much. Both parents and teachers offload responsibility. I often wondered at the capacity of teachers to consider society,when they, in most cases have never left school, and often decided to teach long before they had anything to say. They can lack the sophistication and context needed to throw a young person into the ocean that is Adulthood. Parents can be too concerned about preventing recurrence of a mistakes they made, to understand a lessons it taught them, will need to be learned by the children,very often to help survival. We throw kids out into society untested, and accuse them of ignorance, when they are uneducated.
Why should I learn Calculus ? It is handy in the study of projectile motion. If someone throws a rock and hit you because you weren't watching, calculating it's impact velocity won't be much consolation, unless through education you believe litigation is one of Man's fundamental objectives. In school youth should learn how to deal with Lawyers, Politicians,used car and insurance salesmen. They should be shown the consequences of actions with examples, not opinions. The biggest success a school can have is when they can foster curiosity and turn learning and knowledge into an ambition that is refined by the individuals. Teacher can try and relate facts, but if they can show the children where the facts are in an interesting way they can learn as much from the children.