Do Schools Teach Three Vices?

One of the claims in TSVOTEP is that schools teach intellectual incompetence, fear and pride. Several readers have argued that I don’t support this claim.

Before pointing to the book’s support for this claim, I am soliciting comments from anyone whose K-12 experiences taught them to be imaginative, courageous, and humble. Simply click on “comment” at the end of this post and describe that learning. Nobody wants to admit to being intellectually incompetent, fearful or proud; so there is strong incentive to comment.

Other readers recall that the vices of intellectual incompetence, fear and pride were modeled and taught throughout their K-12 experiences. I believe this is a school norm, so I say schools graduate adults whose understanding is unimaginative, whose strong character is fearful, and whose generosity emerges from pride. There I go again — stating this as if it were true. Was this claim supported? Let’s take a look.

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