No - I don't think that is any truer now that it was in the past. Conformity is always a goal of schools. Thinking isn't so much a skill to be taught as it is a desire to achieve (become self-aware) of the students.
Good Luck!!!
2007-01-28 08:35:16
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answered by Anonymous
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In many ways I believe this statement may be true. Schools are generally taught by individuals who have grown up in the educational system, got a job as a teacher directly out of college, and never worked at other occupations. They are trained in education and think like teachers, and that tends to be to learn what the books say, have plenty of knowledge about what other people think, but generally have little original contribution on your own. Even higher degrees are based upon research done of what other people have said and done and thought about their fields of study.
Also, technology is so advanced for researching and gathering and communicating information that there is a greater tendency to rely on what is found on the Internet. That means people might rely on original thought less. This might encourage the follower mentality.
On the other hand, for those people who have a passion for the bleeding edge of technology, invention, and thinking, the Internet provides an amazing array of data that was never before available, and this probably has helped to accelerate the growth of information in the world. That would counter the original statement because forward thinkers are always thinkers more than followers.
So I guess I would have to say that the schools are producing MORE followers than thinkers, but those fewer thinkers are producing MORE results than the many more followers. So more thought is being produced by fewer thinkers.
Hope this is clear enough. Have a great day.
2007-01-28 08:36:56
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answered by The Answer Man 5
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Very sad--but very true. As someone who teaches at the college level, I see this all the time. Quiteaside from the abysmal lack of skills in literacy and math, here are a few specific problems:
1)Students do not know, much less understand, the Constitution or their rigts and duties as free citizens.
2) A drastic lack of training in logic and critical thinking
3) Schools are demanding conformity instead o fteaching self-discipline.. The two are not only not the same thing, they are more nearly opposites--self-discipline is built on thinking things out on one's own and following the dictates of one's own mind, and not following others' demands.
4) Children are being taught to defer to authority at all times and not to stand up for themselves--and even more perniciously, to subordinate themselves to virtually constant supervision and surveillance. Examples include cameras in classrooms (with no evidence ever being offered that these actually contribute to safety) and the increasingly common practice of requiring students to carry GPS locators--and to having their computer activities monitored 24/7.
It does not auger well for the future of this society as a free country.
2007-01-28 08:34:18
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answered by Anonymous
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you are absoutly right, honey, the school system education , is terrible, and i really think they should go back to the old school, I graduated in 1983, and i had no promblems, what soo ever, There was no such thing as a cop walking the halls, or a security guard, there was no such thing as if you get a c on report card you fail, nooo, if you get a c , thats strictly medimum, And the reason for these kids to turn out the way they do, is because They eat Beanhs and wienies for lunches, and they take away our taxes each year for a crime to be commited in schiools, Soo dont get me started need i go on
2007-01-28 08:36:14
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answered by trudycaulfield 5
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Yes; they are interested in mediocrity and moving the children through quickly and at the lowest cost.
2007-01-28 08:31:30
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answered by Sassygirlzmom 5
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I don't know, what do you think?
2007-01-28 08:27:52
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answered by mc 1
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