
the late physicist Richard Feynman wrote about this when he encountere
d a similar situation in South America (i believe it was Bolivia). he flat-out told them they had no science there, because they were taught to memorize facts. they weren't taught to think, to criticize or analyze. all they did was regurgitate words from a text without understanding one concept at all.
now it seems we're going down that same path. . .
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