Thursday, January 21, 2016

Our College Education System is too Much of a Ritual

   Receiving a college degree long ago became a great American tradition. I wonder, though, if it is not overrated. Is it, in some cases, more of an expensive ritual, than a real benefit? Does the system constrict the free thinking? Should we be more concerned with teaching people how to think than teaching them what to think? Do we pour people out of our colleges who can quote theorems, and figures, and all kinds of knowledge, but who aren't as keen on figuring how to apply it all.
   The U.S. remains a leader in innovation and invention, so our system must not be all so bad. Still, I suggest it is not what it could be.

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