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How would the world look like if we all acted according to the Ten Commandments?

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• A comment on Conversation: Humans knowledge is expanding exponentially. How will our educations systems prepare newer generations to understand all these new concepts?

  Aug 6 2011: Teach every child what they need to know about every subject.
  Let them find their interest.
  Let them explore and widen their knowledge about it

• A comment on Conversation: Why is that we value more dieing for our country than dieing for out faith?

  Aug 6 2011: Religion is something abstract, that many people can´t relate to, but people feel adressed if they hear a name of their/a country, because they know what it feels like to be part of it.

• A comment on Conversation: Isn't it time to eliminate grades in education?

  Aug 6 2011: Students should go to school to learn something for life.
  The purpose of grades is to give them a feedback about their performance. I think one problem is, that people tend to learn for grades and not for their lives.
  As a student I have to say it goes like this: teacher announces there will be a test at -insert date-and tells us what we need to know. Students relax until the last day, then they fill their brains with information, which they reproduce on a piece of paper and forget about it the next few day.Yes, there are some people who learn the right way, nothing wrong with that, but there is another problem. The value of grades are too high. Personal example: about 1 month before the final reports I could calculate my final marks and there was nothing, that would change them in a meanigful way. The result was, that I didn´t pay attention and wasn´t learning the way I should have learned.I knew it was wrong, but I couldn´t help it. Of course I was getting what the teacher was trying to teach us, but I didn´t actively participate in the class. I consider myself as a `not dumb` student, but if I imagine myself as someone who needs time to understand, i seriously wouldn´t have learnt anything during that time.
  Also, grades are only given by one person. This gives room for arbitrariness and it seems like some teachers have their preferences and prejudices (view of a student). The difference between a A- and B+ is very small and it´s being decided on comparatively small things, but these small things have such a huge impact on your future life.
  I feel like I´m being judged by the mistakes I made and not for the things I did right.
  Some people say both good and bad grades are a motivation for trying harder/keeping it up. debatable.
  But seriously. Wouldn´t it be more motivating to get a personal feedback from a teacher, who encourages you and tries to understand you?