Mind's Eye Re: Some Education

You may be interested in reading the article from which I have taken the following excerpt:

"[...] The truly educated become conscious. They become self-aware. They do not lie to themselves. They do not pretend that fraud is moral or that corporate greed is good. They do not claim that the demands of the marketplace can morally justify the hunger of children or denial of medical care to the sick. They do not throw 6 million families from their homes as the cost of doing business. Thought is a dialogue with one's inner self. Those who think ask questions, questions those in authority do not want asked. They remember who we are, where we come from and where we should go. They remain eternally skeptical and distrustful of power. And they know that this moral independence is the only protection from the radical evil that results from collective unconsciousness. The capacity to think is the only bulwark against any centralized authority that seeks to impose mindless obedience. There is a huge difference, as Socrates understood, between teaching people what to think and teaching them how to think. Those who are endowed with a moral conscience refuse to commit crimes, even those sanctioned by the corporate state, because they do not in the end want to live with criminals—themselves.

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"It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself," Socrates said. [...]"

www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_united_states_is_destroying_her_education_system_20110410/

On Thursday, 12 April 2012 15:43:55 UTC+1, pol.science kid wrote:

Recently, i was part of some filed work in a village ... we were
looking into primary education there.... well.. while doing the
report.. i thought i couldnt really understand education.. clearly
what works for the city kids wouldnt work for those in the rural
side..most of them do think theyre wasting their time...teachers hate
the kids kids hate the teachers..everyone is bitching... the situation
is pretty bad.. those who can do get out.. actually primary education
in my country is pretty beat up... now in know most of you are from
the 'West'.. Sounds weird when i say it like that.. we're frequently
told that primary education in the west is quite o.k. .... in fact
good.. What do you guys think?.. Also... how do you define
education..i almost hate the term by now.. get to hear it so much with
people having no idea of what they mean.... what do you think..?