Are we living to be happy? Is language only a tool? Is art pulling us out from reality? Is happiness a private matter? Can we fight our own prejudice?
At the end of high school every kid in France has to write an essay to answer those type of questions. Philosophy is a mandatory subject for "le bac" (the equivalent of HSC in Australia) as it is in other countries in Europe such as Italy, Spain and Portugal.
"There are better and worse answers, but there is no clear answer", is advocating Dr. Sara Goering in this TEDtalk about philosophy for kids. This might be the reason why philosophy could be so valuable in kid's education today. It can't fit into a standardized multiple choice test template.
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