看过道金斯的一篇文章《The joy of living dangerously》，关于一个教育家/校长的
。算得上道金斯的文章中少见的看过之后没有皱眉的时候的。使劲地称颂开放教育，鞭
挞应试教育。相信大部分深受应试教育之苦的会有同感。
“Sanderson's hatred of any locked door which might stand between a boy and
some worthwhile enthusiasm symbolised his whole attitude to education. A
certain boy was so keen on a project he was working on that he used to steal
out of the dormitory at 2am to read in the (unlocked, of course) library.
The Headmaster caught him there, and roared his terrible wrath for this
breach of discipline (he had a famous temper and one of his maxims was, "
Never punish except in anger"). Again, the boy himself tells the story.
"The thunderstorm passed. 'And what are you reading, my boy, at this hour?'
I told him of the work that had taken possession of me, work for which the
daytime was all too full. Yes, yes, he understood that. He looked over the
notes I had been taking and they set his mind going. He sat down beside me
to read them. They dealt with the development of metallurgical processes,
and he began to talk to me of discovery and the values of discovery, the
incessant reaching out of men towards knowledge and power, the significance
of this desire to know and make and what we in the school were doing in that
process. We talked, he talked for nearly an hour in that still nocturnal
room. It was one of the greatest, most formative hours in my life... 'Go
back to bed, my boy. We must find some time for you in the day for this'."
That story brings me close to tears.”
道金斯自称“Advocate of Disinterested Truth”，在很多时候却相当地emotional,
passionate and biased。这在某种程度上说明Truth and the way of seeking truth
may belong to two entirely different domains. 同样的，教育的结果，和教育的方
法，或许需要完全不一样的思考。
