Comments on: What do you care what other people think ?

By: Bookmarks about Physics

Bookmarks about Physics — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:15:11 +0000

[...] – bookmarked by 6 members originally found by ouraninufan on 2008-09-12 Sankarshan: What do you care what other people think ? http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2008/08/27/what-do-you-care-what-other-people-think/ – [...]

By: sankarshan

sankarshan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:20:15 +0000

@Aditya – the system of training (rather than education) which was implemented during the East India Company was functional and had a single goal – enable to create a cadre of clerks who could assist in transaction of the business for the Company. ‘Western’ education system has for long cherished the tradition of making students ‘think’. Historically, the reason for existence of a systematic method of teaching has been to enrich thinking processes and hence contribute to the improvement of the baseline of society. From that perspective, I’d say yes we do want to ‘educate’ our next generation. Question remains – do we want to dip into the current process that is in place ?

By: Aditya Godbole

Aditya Godbole — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:49:27 +0000

The purpose of formal education is not to create thinkers. That has long stopped, with the advent of the ‘Western’ education system started by the British. The purpose of the education system now is to make students want to confirm with authority.
Given this, the question is – Do we want to ‘educate’ our children?