Originally Posted by Austin
And society in general places more value on compliance over independence or expertise and equates compliance with "learning" when in fact that is not the case.

You nailed that one nicely.

Though to be fair (ahem), our society puts a high value independence in two cases:

1. After the independent person is shown to be right (never before, rare support provided for that person)

2. In ads for SUVs, as in "rugged independence," whatever that means

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Val

Last edited by Val; 05/06/09 09:36 AM. Reason: typo; clarify