> Let me hit the same conclusions from a different perspective. Too many treat education as telling kids *what* to think instead of *how* to think.

So would you apply this priciple to other things as well? Should we also not teach our students that there is this force called gravity and that's why we all stay on the ground instead of floating around? Should we not teach them why ice melts if you leave it in the sun? Why it's sometimes raining and sometimes snowing and sometimes nothing at all? If so, then I guess that's that; I can't even begin to agree with you. If not, why the distinction?