Care to Think?
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008I was touched by reading about the educational system in Hopi, a native American nation. If a student did not know the answer to a question put to him or her in the classroom, no other student would raise a hand to answer that question. It was considered rude and uncivilized to embarrass or humiliate the first student. It was not important to impress the teacher with one’s own brilliance, and it was thought to be barbaric to advance oneself at the expense of one’s peers.
How’s that?!
Just imagine the scene in the classrooms of the ‘civilized’ nations when a question is asked…