The previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362252 A cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent

The previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362252 A cached copy: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:v36n9t1rVDsJ:www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:v36n9t1... Most schools follow Socrates, sort of. Tests and textbook exercises are a conveyor version of "teaching by asking". Just like grades, they works in a perverse way until someone patiently explains the child what's the real purpose of the whole affair.