Comment on I knew it all along!

BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the U.S., education is mostly about being able to regurgitate what you’ve been told. Wisdom is, as you suggested, not necessary for that.

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  • MellowSnow@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unfortunately so. There should be more emphasis on the why and how rather than the what.

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  • Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In the U.S., education is mostly about being able to regurgitate what you’ve been told.

    Wait, are there places where it’s not?

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t know. I’ve only been to school in the U.S.

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• cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Intelligence and wisdom.

  Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

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