Chapter 2, The Medium is the Message

Although Postman and Weingartner are correct in chapter 2 that students must be taught to think, not just to regurgitate facts, they assume too much about the typical classroom. Many of the things we are required to teach will not help all of the students we serve. However, many teachers today focus on students truly understanding the process of learning. If we do not teach students how to learn and inquire, they will not be successful in the post-school world. Besides the fact that they make a blanket statement about classrooms that is simply not true, their foundational belief that students need to be taught how to ask questions and learn from those answers is right on the mark.