We're thinking big if we make thinking a school subject

Schoolchildren have begun their schooling again and university students completed their examination last week. There is much hope when we see our children go to school or university, as a nation's success and prosperity partly lie in them. Universally, the goal of education is to transmit knowledge and develop children. But challenges faced in each era give birth to different goals of education. For instance, the general goal of education in ancient Sparta was to produce soldier citizens. In ancient Athens, it was to produce individuals good at the art of peace and war. In ancient Rome, the goal was to produce good orators. In the 19th century, the goal of education in Europe was to be good at reading, writing, and religion. In America, it was to be good at science, nature studies and matters of everyday life.