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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.
I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.
We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.
Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
I'm a big believer in education, period.
There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.
In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.