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**fissasste** · 12-24-2010, 08:50 PM

teacher and student, both, build up the jail

I wonder how often such behavior is related to the fact that conformity is more comfortable than otherwise. It takes a bit of courage, and maybe a bit of a sense of guilt, to get "out of the box" that the student and teacher have created. I was a bit older than my fellow students when I attended undergraduate school and I noticed that most students avoided questioning what had been taught (say, in the humanities, interpretation of literature, etc). That's not to say that I felt totally comfortable questioning but I did it more often than my fellow students - and got myself into trouble at times. It took some time before I was able to critically look at some of the ideas that were being taught without thinking I was probably wrong and some sort of wierdo - and such questioning was associated with a bit of discomfort.

Have you ever noticed how similar the words "conform" and "comfort" are?

Just some musings.

12-24-2010, 08:50 PM	#6
fissasste Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	teacher and student, both, build up the jail I wonder how often such behavior is related to the fact that conformity is more comfortable than otherwise. It takes a bit of courage, and maybe a bit of a sense of guilt, to get "out of the box" that the student and teacher have created. I was a bit older than my fellow students when I attended undergraduate school and I noticed that most students avoided questioning what had been taught (say, in the humanities, interpretation of literature, etc). That's not to say that I felt totally comfortable questioning but I did it more often than my fellow students - and got myself into trouble at times. It took some time before I was able to critically look at some of the ideas that were being taught without thinking I was probably wrong and some sort of wierdo - and such questioning was associated with a bit of discomfort. Have you ever noticed how similar the words "conform" and "comfort" are? Just some musings.
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