A few interesting facts I compiled out of the book Outwitting the devil-Napoleon Hill about the whole school system being wrong and I totally agree with the following facts. To begin with: the public school system approaches the subject of education from the wrong angle. The school system endeavors to teach children to memorize facts, instead of teaching them how to use their own minds. Another major weakness of the school system is that it does not establish in the minds of children either the importance of definiteness of purpose or make any attempt to teach youths how to be definite about anything. The major object of all schooling is to force the students to cram their memories with facts instead of teaching them how to organize and make practical use of facts. The cramming system centers the attention of students on the accumulation of credits but overlooks the important question of how to use knowledge in the practical affairs of life. This system turns out graduates whose names are inscribed upon parchment certificates, but whose minds are empty of self-determination. The school system got off to a bad start at the beginning. The schools began as institutions of higher learning, operated entirely for the select few whose wealth and family entitled them to education. Thus the entire school system was evolved by beginning at the top and working back down to the bottom. It is no wonder the system neglect to teach children the importance of definiteness of purpose when the system, itself, has literally evolved through indefiniteness.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:24:07 +0000
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