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[igotthisguitar]

Have you ever thought of this?

I'm sure a few good books could be written on these matters.

Why is this? Why does this problem persist?

Are we taught all we need to know? All we should know?


MIND-BLOWING AUDIO INTERVIEW HERE ...
http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2006/10oct/RIRT-061026.html

Is there anything you were exposed to in high school or university that maybe you should not have been ( you know it's far too late to try fearfully scurrying back into the cave ).

Anyways, here's a little matter i think is quite interesting. I cannot for the life of me figure out WHY we were not taught this in history / cultural studies class.

Who knows, maybe in New Zealand things are different inside the public brainwashi ... no ... sorry, what was i saying, indoctrina /// oh gee, there we go again: ED-U-cation system.

All seems vaguely important. Hmmmmmmm ...

http://www.celticnz.co.nz/VikingNavigation.htm

[Bibbitybop]

Every American should read "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. It is full of facts that should be taught in history class, but aren't because they don't support the ideals of the rich, white founding fathers and the rich, white people who run the government today.

[kalak]

"lies my teacher told me: everything your american history text book got wrong" by James Loewen.

[Zoobot]

how to invest money

[jajdude]

Oh there are numerous things we aren't taught in school. If we're lucky our parents might teach us some things. Not many people are capable of teaching us really important things, so we have to try to learn on our own.

We don't learn how to listen to people, to understand ourselves and others, to respect people, not to judge people, to socialize effectively, to interact with the opposite sex, to question things much, to be decent people basically. Somehow it must be hoped it will all take care of itself, but schools and teachers are only human and academics do matter some.

[travel zen]

Independant thinking.

How to be an entrepreneur and to take life in our own hands.

The System teaches us how to function In the System, not how to use it.[/b]

[JMO]

Most importantly they should be taught how to think logically and critically. Learning how to disect arguments and what a real scientific study looks like is important.

[mindmetoo]

They should not wait until the university level to teach critical thinking. High school kids learning about what constitutes good and bad arguments would a) not be very good future consumers b) might start to doubt their religious teaching.

[Dan The Chainsawman]

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[riley]

My history teacher in high school had us read some of Zinn's book. It was good and interesting. Zinn definitely challenges you to think and re-examine American history.

I wish that they would teach more logic or at least philosophy. Being able to make an argument and to examine your world, I think are important for a person to be a good citizen.

[thepeel]

[jaderedux]

[Privateer]

Yes, everyone should be taught that the Vikings sailed to New Zealand where Celtic culture flew out of their butts and was adopted by the Maoris.

[happeningthang]

The best teacher I ever had was my high school History teacher. He was a communist, and I had to endure learning Russian modern history three years in a row, but he was a passionate educator who challenged his classes and fostered independent and critical thinking. He was always talking about and referring to current issues that were outside the scope of the cirriculum, and I learned more of worth from his asides than from the rest of my high school education combined.

A good man and a great teacher, but he got transferred to the sticks due to the machinations of my high school nemesis and her mother on the PTA, because of his political convictions. That in itself was a valuable lesson.