education issues

Did you enjoy school? Or, rather, what bits of school did you enjoy? The lessons, the teachers, the learning? Or was most of that boring and negative? Did you enjoy meeting up with friends and doing stuff with them in between the classes?

Well, here's an inspiring teacher who would make even the most bored student sit up:
Jay Doubleyou: teaching the teachers: the future of education

But what sort of things should we be doing in the classroom? How about learning to think!?
Jay Doubleyou: questioning and problem-solving
Jay Doubleyou: how do you make decisions?

Here is someone very critical of what we actually do at school:
Jay Doubleyou: dumbing us down
Jay Doubleyou: john taylor gatto: on video

And here is another teacher with an understanding of the education system:
Jay Doubleyou: ivan illich on education and health
Jay Doubleyou: deschooling society

What are schools like in your country?
What do you know about education in the UK and US?

Jay Doubleyou: explaining how your country's education system works

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