The schools are no longer teaching children how to think, they teach what to think. It is difficult to convince them that what they have been taught to think is wrong.
THIS is such a true statement,
“The schools are no longer teaching children how to think, they teach them WHAT to think.”
I’ve been an engineer for 30+ years and a principal engineer the last 10 years so I do have a bit of a clue about the skill of Critical Thinking.
Ever since about 2008 I’ve noticed companies and my own organization offering more and more courses on Critical Thinking. They were few and far between and now you can find them everywhere. Sadly I believe the Art & Skill of Critical Thinking is very close to being lost.
We will be so screwed if this skill is lost. Too many SiFi movies deal with the dumbing down of the population to the point they can’t maintain a modern lifestyle. 200 years of technological progress is in danger of going “poof” before our own eyes.