Think maybe this is due in part to the fact that our educational system here
in the U.S. has, for the most part, devolved to the point where education is
about regurgitation of "facts" as opposed to the application of
"principles?"

Jeff Isom
Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39

I'd venture that this is because we Americans feel the illogical need to
understand what we're being taught - from an intellectual point of view. We
have to feel good about what we're digesting and "know" that it's worthwhile
(forget the fact that, since we lack the fundamental understanding in the
first place, that all of this is impossible). If we don't understand the
process, we fear and dislike it. If the teacher demands that we forget all
of that junk and just absorb the instruction and put it into practice
without question, we think that we're being duped or that we're being
"disrespected."

None of this has anything to do with learning, of course. But we like to
delude ourselves that it does. See, "we" know what's right and the teacher
does not. It's quite simple. ;-)

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
zone 8, Texas

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