Reading that new article at botree.com today was an enlightening experience for me. The following phrase changed my whole outlook on many things and explained things I was confused about for some time:
"Things that survive do so because they are good at surviving."
Just because the school system has survived as it is for so long doesn't prove its superiority! It's amazing also to realize how biological concepts, such as evolution, could be used to explain things in society.
I was wondering what other people got out of that article. I got so much with just one read-throughs. What did you get out of it?
To use the biological analogy: It seems to me that most school systems in America (and elsewhere) are like a paranoid convict who has survived in the wilderness for days on end, yet who is in no way good, effective, or happy. Perhaps that is a bit of an exageration, but the point I'm trying to make is that the schools are mearly surviving, not flourishing. And lack of money is not the problem! The Greeks learned well without technology!
