3) Should education 'stretch' a person do you think?

To stretch a person i think this refers to pulling someone to their limits. In other words, they shouldn't know everything which they are being taught. They need to be able to strive for something and attain it. If people knew everything then there wouldn't be much point in education. What would you go to school for? to sit hearing things that you already know or are very simple to understand. Whereas if people are learning new things which they didnt know before then they are more likely to be excited by the subject, take more interest in it and therefore achieve much more from the education system.

The fact is that the world isnt plain and simple and most successful jobs require commitment and the ability to know many different things. If children are not taught more than just the basics then they wont have the knowledge to succeed in the future. Obviously children have a right to decide what they do in the future, whether they want to succeed or not. Is it not beeter to provide them with all the information they need, then them make the decision about what information is relevent to their future?or should we just teach children the basics then once they decide what they want to do, then they get stretched and taught the relevent information? The latter would be just stpid. What if the children changed their mind half way through school? Obviously every child is going to differ in which subject they excel at. Someone who is good at maths may not necessarily be good at english, therefore I think that "stretching" applies separately to the subjects and not to the individual. We all need stretching not just some of us, we just all need stretching in different areas. Stretching allows our mind to remain active otherwise we wouldnt be able to succeed and flourish as a society.