Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
Education is secondary, learning how to learn comes first, and a lot of people don't know how to do that. It results in people being easily swayed by "experts" and the media. A good book I've read is Sapiens, which explains how gullible people really are, and how easily they can be manipulated. Just because a large group of people echo the same talking points, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are right.
It chills me when I hear people say things like "we need to teach our children ... our children have to learn about...". They have views and wish to impart their views on young and impressionable minds - at a time in our history when if it isn't on Facebook or Twitter, you aren't going to read about it. School should teach you the building blocks to enable you to work and communicate with others and to provide you with the ability to extend and expand your understanding and interest in anything you wish to learn about. Learning shouldn't stop..