I have been thinking a lot about the process of learning lately. Looking back on my educational experience, 'I think I think' many of the frustrations I experienced (and caused for my parents and teachers) was due to the fact that my desire to learn seemed to outweigh my desire to study. Somehow it seemed that studying in order to pass exams simply reduced education to a system that rewarded retrieval over thinking and intellectual exploration.
In today's world we hear much about the failure of schools to graduate students with good work skills. Maybe we need to concentrate more on graduating students with greater thinking skills. What do you think?
