Trying to Understand the Essence of Education

Shuttleworth Foundation is trying to acclerate global innovation. Stumbled upon this very valuable site tracking some blogs on Python (programming language). Reading the goals and comments by the participants is very educational. Wonder what we, as bloggers, can do about improving education.

• Trying to understand the essence of education- what skills are gained from primary and secondary education, and to extract the core skills needed in life:
  1. Communication skills
  2. Analytical skills