I gonna think about thinking.

I wonder how one measures the ability to think. Seems to me that’s supposed to be the purpose of education. To teach people how to think. On their own. Independently. One can accumulate knowledge. And come up with the right answers on a test. But that doesn’t mean the student knows how to think. One can be trained to pass a test. In a manner similar to a robot. But thinking – well, that’s another thing. If I were a teacher, I’d want my students to have far more than the right answers. I’d give the best grades to those that seem to be the best thinkers. But what makes a thinker? That’s what I want to know. I suspect there’s no easy answer. So I’m gonna think about thinking. –Jim Broede