Thinking Must Follow Education

   If a nation would be great, it must be taught how to think. It is not enough, alone, to be educated. Though education and training are key to greatness, thinking must follow that education, or the process will come up short of what it could.
   Isaac Newton acknowledged those who educated him, but it was clear his own thinking allowed him to take that knowledge he gleaned from others and build upon it, as is evidenced by his famous quote, "If I saw further than other men, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants."
   Accordingly, it can be argued that things that teach the art of thinking should be part of a student's education. It can be argued, for example, that the game of chess should be a standard class. In chess, the student must think ahead, considering possible moves his opponent might make. This game teaches the art of considering different scenarios of what might happen.