I think that the function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
I think that the function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
Universities were invented with the goal of controlling and even destroying the philosopher and free thinker.
The first universities ( Plato , Aristotle ...) were setup for the simple reason which is the topic of this thread .."Know Yourself " ; obviously that is beyond you .
The first universities ( Plato , Aristotle ...) were setup for the simple reason which is the topic of this thread .."Know Yourself " ; obviously that is beyond you .
Today's schools are, for the most part, intended to produce mindless consumer and worker drones. Most of our "education" comes from TV and commercials. Reading and writing are quickly becoming a lost art as people who can read consume mass production equivalent of Harlequin Romance novels. Freedom of thought is not a trait the establishment wants in their working class and there appears to be an intentional erasure of the middle class, as they tend to think too much for the establishment's own good.
It's unfortunate, but the dumbing down of society is regressing according to plan