Years ago, I was in a conversation with the president of an elite university, a university I had attended, and for which I was a member of the Board of Trustees. During our wide-ranging discussions, I recall her saying, "Our job is not to teach them (our students) WHAT to think. Our job is to teach them HOW to think." That is perfect. Too many cases now, particularly at the ostensible "elite universities" has devolved into some version of teaching them what to think, what to feel, how to look at history, in service to, in honor of, some prepackaged notions of right and wrong. That's a shame and should (obviously) be the exact wrong way to go. #Shrugs
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Years ago, I was in a conversation with the president of an elite university, a university I had attended, and for which I was a member of the Board of Trustees. During our wide-ranging discussions, I recall her saying, "Our job is not to teach them (our students) WHAT to think. Our job is to teach them HOW to think." That is perfect. Too many cases now, particularly at the ostensible "elite universities" has devolved into some version of teaching them what to think, what to feel, how to look at history, in service to, in honor of, some prepackaged notions of right and wrong. That's a shame and should (obviously) be the exact wrong way to go. #Shrugs