I Am Fascinated By Human Behavior

Do you think schools, at least to some extent, mostly teach kids how to conform. It seems like they mostly want kids to all think the same way, act the way schools want them to, and learn the same way. Of course some of this is necessary but I've seen a lot of creative, highly imaginative kids lose a lot of that once they start school. It's a shame because the world desperately needs people who know how to think outside the box. School only caters to one kind of intelligence unfortunately.

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Monkton · 22-25, M

I believe it does to a certain extent. School's are filling rooms of 30 kids and teaching the same thing. Some kids don't want to learn that stuff and won't need that stuff for the dreams they have. But the school's are taking all this talent and mushing it down to a narrow one minded section of people who all think the same. However, some kids don't care about the system and pursue their dream straight off the back so its a 2 way thing. 1 it depends on the school seeking out talent rather making them all think alike and 2 it's down to the kid being passionate enough to focus almost purely on their goal in life.