The promise of college for our generation

[Ben Lauer]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

I told my son that you go to college to learn how to learn. In high school you're more or less spoon fed the basic subjects. You're told exactly what to read and you're lectured in class.

I have a personal example of this.
My father is a biology teacher at Ball State University. When he teaches freshman bio, he makes them do the following.
He holds up a blue card, he says, "what color is this"
- They respond, "blue"
He says, that is how you learn in high school, regurgitation of facts.
He holds up the card again and asks "why is it blue"
- They mumble something about absorption of light.
He states, that is college.
And he continues on by asking "now what do i need to do to make the color red?"

It isn't what you know, but how you know it and how you can apply the knowledge.