Edumacation

I had just written a very long and thoughtful post about edumacation, when my computer decided to do another of its informal restarts. I'm not sure if I can be bothered writing the whole thing again so I'll just summarise.

• There are two educational systems in New Zealand
• Schools controlled by left wing Labour supporters and government dictation
• Universities controlled by money
• Schools teach us stuff as if it is 100% fact when it is either
• Known not to be true, or
• Not yet proven to be true, or
• Has the possibility of thought changing over the matter in the future.
• Schools shouldn't just teach us facts, they should teach us how to dissect differing opinions and make up our own mind.
• Schools should show us both evidence and negating evidence of what they teach us.
• In ancient Greece, only the very wealthy sent their children to schools, which were private and not really under government control.
• Students could beat their teachers if they didn't like the way they were being taught.
• In Sparta military schools (not private), students were punished not for doing something wrong, but for the actual act of being caught doing it.

Having summarised in a much less substantial way than in my previous post, I will recline.

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