An internet oldie. Here's another one: "Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." -- Robert Heinlein Much 'education', cl

An internet oldie. Here's another one: "Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." -- Robert Heinlein Much 'education', classroom and otherwise, falls into this category. Not to mention that much of it is done by people who can't sing, anyway, or are teaching atonal "music". And the consequences are not tragic, either. Does anyone have scientific proof of the contrary ? (No, I'm not a drop-out - that's why I know ;-) P.S. nazgulnarsil nailed it (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=580529 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=580529 ). Neatly put, sir.