a thought on education

Focusing on skills and skill sets rather than focusing on the humanities is in great part the reason for the downfall of education. Graduating students as cogs in a wheel means they will never get out of being cogs and will preserve the status quo. Innovation requires other tools – including critical thinking and thinking outside the – well – wheel. Skills ensured my place in the wheel in this brave new world. The humanities – especially literature and history – ensured my place as a human being in a world that sees people as cogs.