Their problem here is one of epistemic and/or education. They've learned to respect "authority" and accept what the wise authority tells them as capital-t Truth.
What they're learning is that a) the world is complicated and has competing sets of info/emphasis, b) some men are screwballs and/or intentionally try to pull a fast one on you.
One said, "Mr. Shugard, we cannot take this anymore, this is too much. We learn in school X only to come to your classes to be taught that X is wrong and Y is right, but you are the only one who says Y is right."
Correct, friends.
You're learning what "schooling" and even "society" is -- a bunch of contradictory pieces of information (some irrelevant, some important) that you now have to make sense of. Enjoy.
I'll shove some graphs and resources in another comment
Their problem here is one of epistemic and/or education. They've learned to respect "authority" and accept what the wise authority tells them as capital-t Truth.
What they're learning is that a) the world is complicated and has competing sets of info/emphasis, b) some men are screwballs and/or intentionally try to pull a fast one on you.
Correct, friends. You're learning what "schooling" and even "society" is -- a bunch of contradictory pieces of information (some irrelevant, some important) that you now have to make sense of. Enjoy.
I'll shove some graphs and resources in another comment