Education
One reason I got the education I have managed to get, both in school and on my own, is that I was shafted. I think all of us who went to public schools were. I don't blame the teachers, far from it. They don't write the K-12 curriculum. I think most of us are aware of a dumbing-down of America. One can see this clearly reflected in most TV
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Um, that was something that Western civilization decided upon. Because remember, history is determined by the winners. And the only reason we here in the West study it is because Rome conquered. And then the British decided that "Hey, we wanna be just like those guys!" Cuz lord knows, Britain had to conquer the world from about the 16th C. on. So, you shouldn't say it's a "classical" education you wanted to learn. You SHOULD say it's that "British Imperialist" education you wanted to learn, as they still do, 500 years later. But, because our country, being a foundling and all...and being run by former imperialists, needed a system...what did we do? Modeled what we knew.
So, that's why we have the system we do.
Of course, the last 50 years we have had the whole, "space age" thing going on. So, yeah. That whole math and science thing...it should be expected.
Just think. If Germany had taken over the world...what would be learning today? Or if instead of Greco-Roman classical time period, we studied the Egyptians post-Rosetta stone? Hmm...now there's something to ponder, no?
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