Education...

Have you ever realized how much of our known 'reality' is a result of censorship and disillusionment? Everyday we walk around this world, thinking that we may actually know something, but, we don't. What we read in the newspapers, on the internet, anything, what I am writing right now, is going to obscure your way of thinking in such a way that it will change your perspective on certain things. The issues involved with the parties that govern our nation states are all a mystery; when in democracy's we should all be involved in making the right decision for all. One of the places that we see social conditioning and the beginning stages of actually walking into the gates of this illusion of a world, is in many of the schools of the day. Children all over the world are succumbed to dictation, memorization and to learning without thought. Although the Socratic Method (asking questions to induce thought and learning) has been applied more thoroughly throughout the world's education system's; the school has a very strong hold on forming the ideals of an individual. As teacher teaches, we learn, and there is nothing else. But, the point of education is not, not, to withhold as much knowledge about any subject; it is to induce the thinking process, to teach a human being how to best approach a problem, and how to tackle any issue that they may face in their lifetime. It is to prepare them to enter the world, knowing that they will be able to face anything that may be thrown at them. The purpose of education is to build character, to learn respect, responsibility, life. When students are reduced to mere dictation, what will that teach them in life? In memorization, things become dull, mundane, and life is reduced to the repetitive action; and one without any thrill. But in the Socratic approach, the ability to work with the primary tactics and to trigger their evolution into something more, becomes a much more natural process. Of course, this would only succeed if the student themself has the ambition and strive necessary to be something in this lifetime. Education is an essential instrument in today's society, it should be preparing the students for the real world, instead of working to protect them from what is out there; because in the end, we all have to work to make ends meet, and there is never a harm in beginning early.