Comments on: School is Flawed http://flimjo.com/school-is-flawed/ You don't have to be a salaried employee forever. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:50:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert http://flimjo.com/school-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Robert Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:27:06 +0000 http://flimjo.com/?p=95#comment-448 Hey Dave, thanks for the post. I agree with your analysis. Sometimes it pays to be blunt. School does, indeed, teach us to obey ordes without question. But doing that restricts thought and innovation. Our institutions don't seem to understand that innovation and creativity make us entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurship drives our economy. Hey Dave, thanks for the post. I agree with your analysis. Sometimes it pays to be blunt. School does, indeed, teach us to obey ordes without question. But doing that restricts thought and innovation. Our institutions don’t seem to understand that innovation and creativity make us entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurship drives our economy.

]]> By: The Internet Apprentice http://flimjo.com/school-is-flawed/comment-page-1/#comment-436 The Internet Apprentice Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:03:01 +0000 http://flimjo.com/?p=95#comment-436 I've been questioning the value of our education system for some time now. If you believe that education is to learn about X information, why are you forced to stay in it from grade 1 through 12? If I can learn X information by grade 3, what's the point in staying in til grade 12? Beyond that, just what is X information anyway? How much of the knowledge you've learned that you consider valuable, how much of that came from school? How many times have you had to divide a fraction by a fraction? I could go on and on, but there you go. To me, the primary lesson of school appears to be to follow orders without question. This creates a compliant workforce and a sheep like citizenry, but is this a good thing? I'm looking forward to reading about the tools that school doesn't give you. Great post. - Dave I’ve been questioning the value of our education system for some time now. If you believe that education is to learn about X information, why are you forced to stay in it from grade 1 through 12? If I can learn X information by grade 3, what’s the point in staying in til grade 12? Beyond that, just what is X information anyway? How much of the knowledge you’ve learned that you consider valuable, how much of that came from school? How many times have you had to divide a fraction by a fraction? I could go on and on, but there you go. To me, the primary lesson of school appears to be to follow orders without question. This creates a compliant workforce and a sheep like citizenry, but is this a good thing? I’m looking forward to reading about the tools that school doesn’t give you. Great post.

- Dave

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