Perhaps, Indeed, There Are No Truly Universal

The Biggest Mistake Of Past Centuries In Teaching Has Been To Treat All Students As If They Were Variants Of The Same Individual And Thus To Feel Justified In Teaching Them All The Same Subjects The Same Way.

But Once We Realize That People Have Very Different Kinds Of Minds, Different Kinds Of Strengths -- Some People Are Good In Thinking Spatially, Some In Thinking Language, Others Are Very Logical, Other People Need To Be Hands On And Explore Actively And Try Things Out -- Then Education, Which Treats Everybody The Same Way, Is Actually The Most Unfair Education.

If We Were To Abandon Concern For What Is True, What Is False, And What Remains Indeterminate, The World Would Be Totally Chaotic. Even Those Who Deny The Importance Of Truth, On The One Hand, Are Quick To Jump On Anyone Who Is Caught Lying.

What We Want... Is For Students To Get More Interested In Things, More Involved In Them, More Engaged In Wanting To Know; To Have Projects That They Can Get Excited About And Work On Over Long Periods Of Time, To Be Stimulated To Find Things Out On Their Own.

Any Profession Should Have Norms Around The Issue You Raise. And, In The Words Of The Great Economic Thinker Albert Hirschman, We All Owe A Measure Of Loyalty To Professional Norms. But When The Norms Seem Unhelpful Or Unproductive, One Needs To Speak Up - To Activate Voice. And In The Extreme, If The Profession And One's Colleagues Seem Estranged From A Thoughtfully Selected Course Of Action, You Need To Consider The Possibility Of Exit. Of Course, If You Knowingly Violate Norms Or Laws, You Need To Be Prepared To Face The Consequences - Or To Lead A Revolution!