I once read that potty training is the last time you can actually train human beings and from then on you must teach, which means presenting the information for them to learn.

You never hear the education establishment, politicians or the media talk about training students, they talk about what they need to learn—even though the focus is mainly on what they need to learn to score well on standardized tests as opposed to critical thinking.

Training means “to develop or form the habits, thoughts, or behavior of (a child or other person) by discipline and instruction.”

Try that on anyone over two and see how far that gets you.

Business focuses on critical thinking, yet business talks about training—training leaders, training managers, cross training skills.

I think the more conceptual the subject the more it resists training and the more it requires the kind of teaching that leads to learning, which requires an open mind and a willingness to change.

What do you think?

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