In reply to Harold Jarche » Born in a storm.

three pillarsThere is a big difference in what the stated reasons for education are and the reality. Western education has NEVER been based on those three pillars. Perhaps some lip service has bern paid to them in the universities, but the schools K12 were formed for the benefit of employers in the manufacturing economy. They taught students how to sit still, do as they are told, and shutup and do monotonous tasks without complaining AND most importantly to arrive on time and respond to the bell and leave only after the day was over with the final bell -- and by the way if they could become literate while these skills were being taught, that would be considered a good thing. This was a GOOD system for the industrial economy. We have all benetited from it. The problem is that this type of disciplined unthinking labourer is no longer in demand. We need different types of workers today.
Rory