Learning to Think

[FonterraFarmer]

And he in turn had learned all he knew from Sir John Hammond

Were you there too?

 

[fgc325j]

Kids today are taught to remember ,not to think, remember this to pass,don't think

School exams are definitely easier today. Maths was never my strongest subject at school, algebra - simultaneous/quadratic
equations just went over my head to the extent i was advised to take my Cse maths first, and the following year i scraped a C grade in the O level paper.
When the O - or whatever they are called these days -results came out in August there was an item
on the Telegraph website asking their readers to try their Maths with a sample of 11 to 12 Questions from this year's
Maths exam. Decided to try out of curiousity, didn't try to answer 2 of the Questions, got only 2 of the others wrong
and scored 72% - !!!!!!!!!!!!!! bloody amazed.

 

[Exfarmer]

Social media is probably going to be the biggest obstacle to mans advancement. Everybody is keyed in to like thinkers, they are not looking at the outside world and questioning themselves and others as they are surrounded by their own crowd. Very much like kings of old , surrounded by yes men. Twitter and facebook have replaced open discussion with the ability to like, but not dislike.

 

[Agrivator]

What puzzled me at school was that it was the teachers who got paid, but it was the pupils who did all the work.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

School exams are definitely easier today. Maths was never my strongest subject at school, algebra - simultaneous/quadratic
equations just went over my head to the extent i was advised to take my Cse maths first, and the following year i scraped a C grade in the O level paper.
When the O - or whatever they are called these days -results came out in August there was an item
on the Telegraph website asking their readers to try their Maths with a sample of 11 to 12 Questions from this year's
Maths exam. Decided to try out of curiousity, didn't try to answer 2 of the Questions, got only 2 of the others wrong
and scored 72% - !!!!!!!!!!!!!! bloody amazed.

Have you ever needed to perform a simultaneous or quadratic equation since school?
School curriculum is in my opinion where the rot begins, they try to teach all this fluff and turf out groomed employees without survival skills.
Dependants, to not beat around the bush.

As a result, millions of young people around the world aren't connected with the land, with business, or with holistic views or critical thinking - they've had all the creative and exploratory instinct beaten out of them.
As @skinnyhoskins said: remember, perform - but don't think, or ask why.

 

[Old Boar]

I think with intuition. The basis of true thinking is intuition.
Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition, which advances humanity.
Intuition tells a man his purpose in life.
One never goes wrong following his feelings.
I don’t mean emotions, I mean feelings,
for feelings and intuition are one.
Albert Einstein

 

[SilliamWhale]

Have you ever needed to perform a simultaneous or quadratic equation since school?
School curriculum is in my opinion where the rot begins, they try to teach all this fluff and turf out groomed employees without survival skills.
Dependants, to not beat around the bush.

As a result, millions of young people around the world aren't connected with the land, with business, or with holistic views or critical thinking - they've had all the creative and exploratory instinct beaten out of them.
As @skinnyhoskins said: remember, perform - but don't think, or ask why.

Like the welsh rugby team!

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Like the welsh rugby team!

Ooooohh you're a brave man!