Content is Dead

[thesummerqueen]

You are absolutely right, but the problem is that no matter what era you're living in, critical thinking is important. It was as true in Archimedes time as it was in Isaac Newton's, as it is today. And schools are not teaching critical thinking. It used to be, when I was younger, that my teachers had much more rein on how much was SOL based and how much was actual contextual learning. This changed as I went through high school due to the higher demand for testing requirements and passing in order to continue receiving government money. Good test scores make people happy, regardless of whether or not it's teaching people how to exist out in the world.