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Hi thinkers and alike, While listening to [FDR Podcast - 3976 - 2nd caller - from minute 57] ...(I heard myself say)... Did she just say what I had also been thinking about, almost 'down to the last tee'...? [...] "up is down".."east is west".."the world fell into a weird chaotic wormhole"..." everything is going insane".. "what's next"..." What dreams do you have?".."Do you want to travel? "..." What's your dream job? ".. ".. and they have nothing to answer with!"..." They never thought about it!.. " [...] I'm posting this here, not under education for its relevancy to rather self-knowledge. Though, I'm mainly experiencing it within the boundaries of the former realm as a job, but it also is the same outside of work. Please help me find answers to the following question: 1. How to make the most impact if there is very little time alloted and the setup is coercion induced (=learning sth that which the students wouldn't have chosen in the first place if they could have) a. critical thinking is required, however they were ONLY taught/had exposure to ONLY memorising, repetition based group think, regurgitation. b. overburdened from the get-go, but worse they don't even have the time for proper free-time because of other obligations... tiredness physically, mentally. c. all and every extrascolar activities are either based around no-negotiation & structured(already set up) sports, family time (kids are mainly bored because the parents are who are having the fun) d. hardly any kids hang out on the streets playing, there are no 'clubs, groups, gatherings' self organising... except for religious stuff (again, highly structured... my only qualm is lacking critical thinking, plus it's fake-religiosity for its 'fan-factory' like effect so that people can pretend virtues) d. zero tolerance to criticism (the person's either upset or aggressive in return) and you commonly see intense self censoring, fear of speaking their mind at all (takes ages to dig down to ANY genuine opinion/preference because of loathing probable negative repercussions, pretentious society, close relatives aren't encouraging individuality) e. parents don't care but claim to want to raise well-rounded adults in the process, meanwhile facilitating socialists to prosper in every aspects of society. (I'm pro-active, dedicated, woke and won't give up just doubting the worth in this setup, definitely could improve my approach to it... etc) Barnsley