Thomas Sowell economist

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  1. strelitziaflower

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    This conservative economist used to be a socialist, and he claims the education system of the United States is failing kids, because it’s oversimplified.

    He has debated Biden decades ago against socialism.

    What are your thoughts on the Cambridge system for learning?
     
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    I'm on my second course here in the University of Oxford where, alongside Cambridge, we have tutorial based education.
    I am not convinced that this model was ideal for my first course, medicine, for that subject primarily required rote learning, not discussion.
    However, now that I am studying theology, the model is amazing and I find my tutorial times to be some of the greatest events in my week.