Logic/Common Sense

We have a major issue popping up, not just in America, but in the world. That is the loss of something that is supposedly common... sense. "Common sense is not common," is a line that I have heard way too much of recently. On top of that, when you make something idiot proof, what happens... we make a better idiot. Where has this appalling degradation come from? I say that is stems from us being spoon fed everything in today's society, and thus not being taught how to think for ourselves/not teaching us how to use logic.

Now, in some ways, our society is smarter than ever. We are currently teaching classes in high-school, that were, until recently, purely college classes. We are allowing high school students to take college classes, even before they graduate. Technological advances continue to come out at an exponential rate. At the same time, teachers of all levels are having to cater to more and more ridiculous 'requests' from parents and students, because of 'learning disabilities'. On that point alone, we are becoming lazy, and think that we should be given the answer to everything.

So, here is my solution. What we need is to start engaging peoples minds and making them work through problems. So, why don't we catch this problem early, and start having kids doing logic problems, sudokus, and playing games like chess, all at an early age. Also, we should be teaching them about everyday problems, and having them try to solve them, instead of using obscure examples that don't have any practical application. If we can engage kids early, we can teach them, not only to think for themselves, but to also understand the need for hard work. If we can get both of these into our kids, this world will be a much more productive place.