Tim: The strangest things seem to happen in the name of education. Satoru: Indeed. At times it seems like a charade. It's all too easy to pass through most schools with minimal deep learning. At times it seems that schools are factories producing Mickey-Mouse consumers. Melissa: Perhaps there's a good reason for that. Isn't that what the system needs? Tim: Television already does an adequate job. The ancient Greeks knew that real education meant something quite different. Liao: I think we have to accept that schools are not perfect. Neither is our society. Melissa: Maybe we idealize schools too much . . .
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