Sugata Mitra's hole in the wall TED Talk

The idea of the fashion in which or school systems operate is out of date, is a topic that is long over due in daily discussion. Our school systems operate on a notion of school is a factory. In today's society, this is far from what it should be. Our world is no longer supporting a society full of laborers. Rather, we are a world of entrepreneurs. The problem is that no one learns how to become one. Sugata speaks about students being faced with something they do not know how to do, and eventually, just figure it out.

I disagree with him in saying that this is where schooling should be headed. Students today are facing a lack of precious time. With an ever changing economy and social turmoil, there is an ever increasing need for success, quick success. Students absolutely need teachers in the classroom guiding them in the right direction. Should there be a bigger focus on critical thinking, absolutely, but to abandon the student to learn for them self is a dangerous game. While the students he studied were using language that was a decade ahead of their time, the question is, did they understand how to apply their knowledge. To read a script is one thing, but to understand it is what matters.