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I would argue that school is not about teaching facts at all, it is about

1. teaching kids how to learn
2. Getting kids to understand the world.

That’s an equally compelling position, I think.

That said, yes school should teach every understanding of life… We have philosophy class to teach about morals, sex ed to teach us about reproductive systems and how they work, history, the arts…

I don’t agree, because there are too many “understandings of life”. Everyone doesn’t need to know everything.

what is it schools shouldnt teach a kid to understand, I frankly cant think of anything. Hell we even have classes that teach about religion.

We shouldn’t have any of those. I think putting the education about morality and religion into the hands of government-funded institutions is a rather dangerous decision.

Also, lets face it the overwhelming majority of people are completely incapable of critical thinking and understanding.

Well, I wouldn’t quite say that. Most people aren’t that dumb. If you see people say stupid stuff they usually just aren’t thinking or were bullied into saying a certain thing because they’d get cancelled otherwise.

Parents do a pretty horrible job at teaching kids critical thinking skills, most just want to indoctrinate and brain wash their kids to believe what they believe, free thinking is the last thing most parents want from their kids. Hell some parents might even punish you for disagreeing with them if their strict.

That is the parents’ fault. I will never be one to say “parents do a bad job so the government should parent the kids instead”.