{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"The white void (hakupony)'s status on Thursday, 31-May-12 10:10:12 UTC","author_name":"The white void (hakupony)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/hakupony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1471354","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/9384\" class=\"url\" title=\"Ditzy &quot;Derpy&quot; Hooves Esquire\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">comradeconventrix<\/span><\/a><\/span> Of course, there still is freedom in a system which tries to force a doctrine up your ... mind. However, if you have your own opinion, you most often can not express it in tests because there is a &quot;correct&quot; answer - and if you want to be sucessful, your course of action is learning exactly the position your teacher stands for. This is the opposite of what education in a democratic society should do - it should educate you to form your own reasonable decitions and deal with differences in a constrictive and accepting way. There are teachers who embrace this in their lectures and bent the rules for that - but the rules should embrace such virtues."}