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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xp47rb · M

Conformity is mandatory to enable a functional learning environment for all. Through most of the first 12 years students are required by law to be in school. Our schools are horrible at maintaining order, there are so many factors I won't even go into why, but every foreign student I've ever known of who comes to a school here says ours are much less strict. A certain degree of conformity is required for a safe functional society, too and this is the time to learn there will always be rules you must follow whether you like them or not. Creative thought takes a back seat until they have learned the basics, and the first 12 years today have been so watered down they don't even succeed in that.

College is traditionally the place students are taught to think for themselves. Those are doing a lousy job, most are now providing a leftist indoctrination rather than encouraging open minds and free thinking.

No easy answer but our average student who completes high school today is far behind those who do so in many other countries.