The curriculum sent the clear message to me that learning was a highly individualistic, almost secretive, endeavor. My working class experience . Sometimes the last thing learners need is for their preferred learning style to be affirmed. Agreeing to let people learn only in a way that feels comfortable and familiar can restrict seriously their chance for development. Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem.
All education springs from some image of the future.
If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.