Michio Kaku: The Secret Weapon of American Science

Once upon a time, America had one of if not the finest educational systems in the world. When Japan opened its borders to outside (principally Western) influence, they turned to European nations and America for the best each had to offer. For example, it turned to Germany for guidance to modernize its military. (Despite what you may have learned in the movie, The Last Samurai). It turned to America for guidance to modernize its educational system. One of my favorite examples of the American system in operation comes from a story I heard of a physics professor who placed a dish on a lab table in his lecture hall and allowed water to slowly drip into it from a faucet. He then challenged his students to describe what they saw. Many educated in schools in Europe and Eastern nations, answered what they had been taught. The typical American answer was, "A faucet dripping water into a dish." The Americans were correct. Rote learning, while easy to measure in true/false and multiple choice tests (like SAT's), destroys scientific inquiry and creativity. Sadly (and here you must get over your aversion to my propensity to drag ideology into this), the American education system now abhors scientific inquiry and creativity. Propaganda mills are more concerned with indoctrination, teaching people what to think rather than how to think. Indeed, free though, like free speech, is quashed and even vilified.

Michio Kaku: "The Secret Weapon of American Science"
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