They can learn some critical thinking later, but it’ll never be the same as if they learned it as children.
Like if you found out you were in the Olympics for the 100m sprint next year. You could improve your performance in a year, but you’ll never match someone whose trained their whole life at it.
For all intents and purposes every improvement between now and next year aren’t gonna matter, last place is last place, regardless of your time.
That’s what it would be like to not learn critical thinking until an adult.
American education system really peaked with “The Oregon Trail Generation” before No Child Left Behind…
And that’s a thought that’s kept me awake more than a few nights, because we still didn’t get a good education.
Ever since the focus has been short term cramming for tests. All the shit that got tossed out was about critical thinking and empathy, and somehow people are still shocked later generations are lacking both at concerning levels.
They really can’t…
They can learn some critical thinking later, but it’ll never be the same as if they learned it as children.
Like if you found out you were in the Olympics for the 100m sprint next year. You could improve your performance in a year, but you’ll never match someone whose trained their whole life at it.
For all intents and purposes every improvement between now and next year aren’t gonna matter, last place is last place, regardless of your time.
That’s what it would be like to not learn critical thinking until an adult.
Yeah you’re right. Makes me even more grateful for my education.
American education system really peaked with “The Oregon Trail Generation” before No Child Left Behind…
And that’s a thought that’s kept me awake more than a few nights, because we still didn’t get a good education.
Ever since the focus has been short term cramming for tests. All the shit that got tossed out was about critical thinking and empathy, and somehow people are still shocked later generations are lacking both at concerning levels.