There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a reason why young people think what they think. They are taught it. In many cases when they learn at home is erased or countered or overcome.
I think that if you're a thinking person you should always be trying to learn something new.
Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.
We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
When schools produce students who learned to think on the left or on the right, they're not thinking for themselves.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.
You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.
Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.