True learning is finding our own way to the other side of the obvious

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The Fairfield Review, An On-line Literary Magazine for the Global Community.

“So the engine was our teacher, but a confusing teacher -- maybe the best kind of teacher: Remember that instructor who never told you directly what you wanted to know? The one who teased your mind with conflicting facts? The one who made you do the sorting?

As the steam engine taught us thermodynamics, it also offered a lesson to teachers everywhere. Learning is not preparing for multiple-choice tests. Learning is sifting through ambiguity. True learning is finding our own way to the other side of the obvious.” --John Lienhard, No. 1686: MYSTERIOUS HEAT, Nov. 18, 2004 WSHU