mystmarimatt

This is a very good point, lurkette.

For a few years now, there has been a major debate in the educational field over which is better for children, to teach them in a style of 'rote-learning', where they are taught, and subsequently given loads of of information to simply soak up and divulge when needed, or the idea that we must teach children to 'think critically' and give a smaller amount of pure information and input, through which they learn to sift and compile their own beliefs.

The primary and secondar educational system in America is leaning towards the 'critical thinking' concept, as a way to prepare them for a future in higher education, which outstandingly practices the 'rote-learning' method. The clincher however, being that critics feel that since not everyone attends college, not everyone can make use of these skills, and perhaps it would be best to treat secondary education as simply where one might end their learning experiences, and go directly into the working world.

I think the best schools are those that that can effectively teach both methods, but, life is never that simple.

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