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Cody Cohan

"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another" Leopold Pg158

            This is one of the best examples of how the reading for our class expands into other aspects of our live. These statement in particular just demands for the mind to think and question and explore other realms that it might not normally delve into. Teaching is something that has made our species so much more adaptable and ambitious. It is no wonder that we are now the dominant species on the planet. If any one species could build up their thoughts to a language and from a language create a system where all the members of a community work together for the greater good, which is the community. The ability to learn is our species greatest trait. Without it, the Neolithic farmers of Mesopotamia would have had no way to teach their children about raising domesticating animals and farming the domesticated plants. Even the older layers of our society depend on the ability to teach. We must provide for those who can no longer provide for themselves. All teaching really should be is asking people the right questions to bring the answers out from themselves. It is quite impossible to actually teach anyone anything because the only thing that any of us could truly know is that we know nothing. Especially because our ability of mind of matter and the determination and passion that comes from inside ones core can mold and bend the very framework that our reality rests on. Its no wonder the world is such a confusing and mixed up place. Not to mention that our teachers have not always been right in their teaching. It wasn’t long ago that people were taught that the world is actually flat and it wasn’t long before that when unicorns were in 9-10 bestiaries you could find as a real animal.

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