The Metric System

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Education moves really slow.

That's an interesting point I hadn't thought of. It reminds me of a lecture series I heard about American education where the lecturer (I forget his name) made the point that American education has not changed in nearly 30 years. The content has changed, yes, but the methods why which we educate and test (testing should be eradicated in a perfect world) have not. In fact, you could say we have "doubled down" on old system and continuously ignored advancements in understanding how people learn. This is why I find teaching in the private world to be so rewarding: I get to continually experiment with new methods of knowledge transfer and evaluation.

If a private company did not evolve in 30 years, would we expect them to be able to compete? No. So why would we expect our children to compete scholastically, and change as the world changes?

Is on topic or an I being tangential?