Hard times- Charles dickens - Facts

EDUCATION in HARD TIMES is a form of MECHANICAL 'people processing' equivalent to industrial MASS PRODUCTION.
The childrens' heads are stuffed with useless facts. In addition, a particular attitude to knowledge is taught. It is a one-way transmission as the students' role is completely passive and mechanical.
The school is a sort of factory; individual differences are destroyed. In a sense, the students should be IDENTICAL and INTERCHANGEABLE.
Experience as  a form of knowledge is cancelled in Gradgrind's school.

TOPIC to talk about:
Today more space is given to students'own ideas and interpretations of the world. Is it true?