70 How To Improve Education? Impose Critical Thinking and Root-Cause Analysis on Administrators

Thanks for the good administrators out there! But the less-than-good need to be "controlled" and "managed" by checks and balances of critical thinking, logic, root-cause analysis, and "Extreme Ownership." And sone outside oversight.“Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction."The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals...."We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living."If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, 'brethren!' Be careful, teachers!" [And, I'd add, "Be careful, Administratorts!")--Martin Luther King, Jr.  (From MLK’s 1947 article “The Purpose of Education,” published in the Morehouse College campus newspaper The Maroon Tiger. See: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education )Some solutoins.1. Extreme Ownwership by Jocko Willinck and Leif Babinhttps://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-audiobook/dp/B015TM0RM4/2. Companies and organizations that teach critical thinkig. 3. Companies and organizations that teach root-cause analysis.I can help with the critical thinking and root-cause analsys. Just get in touch. I'd be glad to helip.And here, as promised:1. "Awful School Admins" (13 min 6 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxQ0xD80PM2. "Teacher Story Time: How I Was Fired in Front of My Class" (4 min 13 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4kJMkV1dY3. "Bad Principals Make Teachers Quit: Dealing w/Administration, Instructional Coaches & School Boards" (17 min 52 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc1wsE5kNak4. "Norwich school board places superintendent on administrative leave following personnel complaints" (2 min 37 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20xB5Eugu45. "About 1 in 8 senior leaders have psychopathic traits. Here’s how to spot an abusive boss" by Lindsey Leake. (Fortune, 26Apr2025)https://fortune.com/well/2025/04/26/psychopath-senior-leaders-abusive-boss/6. "The Truth About Corporate PsychopathsWhat research does—and does not say about psychopathy in the office." by Emilia Bunea (Psychology Today, 12May2023).https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/to-manage-is-human/202305/the-truth-about-corporate-psychopaths7. "How To Survive A Toxic Manager In Any Workplace" by Caroline Castrillo (Forbes, 5Mar2025)https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/03/05/how-to-recognize-and-survive-a-toxic-manager-in-any-workplace/8. "7 signs that your boss could be a toxic manager — and what you can do about it" by Julia Sullivan  (USA Today, 24Jun2025)https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/24/signs-of-a-toxic-boss/84323544007/9. " 'I was fired because my principal did not like me.' SCS Teacher Challenges School System" (9 min 13 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjq_ukpJ_bY10. "When Teachers Are Bullied (Why More Don't Speak Up)" (4 min 3 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDLION3_0s11. "4 Powerful Strategies for Teachers with Unsupportive Admin" (7 min 55 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3NWkPDnL812. "I Quit Teaching After 18 Years - Some Advice for Teachers" (9 min 27 sec)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31qp-9_nTWEEtc.,  Etc., Etc.Image of scales from Wikipedia.Image from Wikipedia Entry "Pscyopathy."Please consider liking us on your podcast app, and leaving a rational review.Email us at [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/Gold Academy: https://goldams.comTotal Human Fitness: https://total-human-fitness.com