It is not something we really consider, but it is worth pointing out: Education IS Trauma. Pedagogy focuses on minimizing the trauma, but learning new things th

It is not something we really consider, but it is worth pointing out: Education IS Trauma. Pedagogy focuses on minimizing the trauma, but learning new things that violate preconceptions is both physically and mentally stressful. When you challenge somebody's core beliefs, their bodies respond as if you are trying to kill them. Challenging less strongly held beliefs is less stressful. I'm going into teaching a security class, and this is strongly in my mind. Most people have a lot of strongly held false beliefs about how secure they are, and what the information they do leak could be used for.