I think we don't understand anything about how to teach. Formal education started at least 4000 years ago (earliest writing is at least 4,000 year old, and I t

I think we don't understand anything about how to teach. Formal education started at least 4000 years ago (earliest writing is at least 4,000 year old, and I think you need a formal education to have scribes who can read and write). I don't think we have done any substantial progress in how to teach in that time frame, at least compared to how much progress we have done in most other subjects: medicine, math, engineering, metallurgy, you name it. heck, we are still discussing what methodology we should use to teach reading & writing, and we have had 4000 years to figure what's the best way. On the other hand, anyone who has had a good teacher can attests that teaching quality can vary by a huge amount. So my theory for good education is: 1) find good teachers (which probably includes "pay them well") 2) let them do their stuff Anybody who tries to do something better than the above should be able to explain why their pet theory has not been discovered before.