Saturday, September 13, 2014

DU 46 (Education and Knowledge 13)

Punishment and teaching are contradictory in terms, those who teach by punishment are ignorant people, do not know what teaching means. They have not gone through the  process of unlearning and have acquired degrees through mechanically leaning/mugging up without application of mind, what they are taught. They produce sheep and parrots and not thinking/inquisitive/ innovative/creative humans. Many become, not due to but despite their teachings. All of us must have come across of some teachers, who to conceal their own ignorance, tell the ever question students, "do not apply your own mind (borrow from him ha ha) learn/note down, what are you taught". Application of mind is the specific human virtue that distinguishes humans from the animal kingdom. And the unceasing  Unceasing  questioning anything and everything including one's own mindset is the key to any knowledge and the law of the history is that every next generation is always smarter. The function of teacher is to provoke, encourage and promote the application of mind and questioning. In other words to provide them exposures and help them developing a perspective to critical reading.

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