"And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect . If men learn this, it will implant ''forgetfulness in their souls** . They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves , but by means of external marks.

What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder . And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples , but only the semblance of wisdom, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much while for the most part they know nothing . And as men filled not with wisdom but with the conceit of wisdom they will be a burden to their fellows. "

• assumedly Socrates (via Plato), c. 400 BCE

This is what our education stands on: not on reasoning, not on active memory, not on solving, but rote memorisation AND the act of blindly following written instructions.

It creates perfect conditioned programmed zombies who will respond as trained and be good slaves (on the average).

The best minds I've met dropped out of school a long time ago and can easily outhink most ot the PhDs I've met.

"And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect . If men learn this, it will implant ''forgetfulness in their souls** . They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves , but by means of external marks.

What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder . And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples , but only the semblance of wisdom, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much while for the most part they know nothing . And as men filled not with wisdom but with the conceit of wisdom they will be a burden to their fellows. "

• assumedly Socrates (via Plato), c. 400 BCE

This is what our education stands on: not on reasoning, not on active memory, not on solving, but rote memorisation AND the act of following blindly written instructions.

It creates perfect conditioned programmed zombies who will respond as trained and be good slaves (on the average).

The best minds I've met dropped out of school a long time ago and can easily outhink most ot the PhDs I've met.

"And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect . If men learn this, it will implant ''forgetfulness in their souls** . They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves , but by means of external marks.

What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder . And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples , but only the semblance of wisdom, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much while for the most part they know nothing . And as men filled not with wisdom but with the conceit of wisdom they will be a burden to their fellows. "

• assumedly Socrates (via Plato), c. 400 BCE

This is what our education stands on: not on reasoning, not on remembering, not on solving, but rote memorisation.

It creates perfect conditioned programmed zombies who will respond as trained and be good slaves (on the average).

The best minds I've met dropped out of school a long time ago and can easily outhink most ot the PhDs I've met.