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Personally I think we are raising a generation to whom education only means to passively absorb messages. Baha'u'llah in His numerous writings on the issue considers man a "mine of gems" and education the tool to open this coffer and to reveal these gems [7]. (22:4) Furthermore He proclaims that an important principle in education is the "free and independent search for truth" in every aspect of life. As the need for this principle is coherent with our time, students understand its importance, but as they can't put it into practice in schools and universities, they are in turmoil. They refuse to be considered as machines, fit only to absorb sometimes old and useless messages without any interaction.
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