Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?

[rangerrebew]

Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?

One distinguished psychologist explains why he believes this is so and how to reverse course

    By Claudia Wallis on May 31, 2017
 
 
At this year’s annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Boston, Cornell University psychologist Robert Sternberg sounded an alarm about the influence of standardized tests on American society. Sternberg, who has studied intelligence and intelligence testing for decades, is well known for his “triarchic theory of intelligence,” which identifies three kinds of smarts: the analytic type reflected in IQ scores; practical intelligence, which is more relevant for real-life problem solving; and creativity. He offered his views in a lecture associated with receiving a William James Fellow Award from the APS for his lifetime contributions to psychology. He explained his concerns to Scientific American. Edited excerpts follow.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-u-s-education-system-producing-a-society-of-ldquo-smart-fools-rdquo/

[rangerrebew]

The answer is no.  They are producing POORLY EDUCATED FOOLS.

I rest my case.

http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/24/university-of-wisconsin-students-protest-abraham-lincoln-statue-because-he-owned-slaves/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top5&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpjM00ySm1OMkl3WVdWaSIsInQiOiJyT3lKT292TjJwcHpRT0U0NkJabWcwcDhYRytiTTErVE9Zd0dGaFwvVXd4bmxHS2dvdWY2aW84VnpaT2UxSE5LeTVSaWJ3aFM4Slk0R0l4dWNHVEx2bEJ0aHlsaDEwWVYzKzk3dWFaK1p5ck1vajZabmFYK251a2JlTE1kU0NDWVEifQ%3D%3D

[Sanguine]

He makes some good points.  He fails to see that those points apply to him also.

[Fishrrman]

The question:
Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?

The answer:
No.
Just profoundly ignorant ones...

Addendum:
Oops! That's what I get for posting before even reading the responses! Ranger beat me to it!