I was not able to post the complete version of my response. Here is the rest:

students learn from schools can be questioned in a meaningful way. For examples, when a student is taking a Chinese language class, it may be helpful for this student to ask his or her teacher why the Chinese language has four different tones while the English language does not, why there are so many dialects in China, and how Chinese characters have been evolving in the past few centuries. However, it would be unnecessary and unhelpful for the student to ask why a specific Chinese character is spelled in a specific way or why sometimes there are so many different ways to spell a single Chinese character.

In sum, I agree with the speaker in that critical thinking is a very important virtue for students, no matter whether they are in primary schools, middle schools, high schools, or universities, and that accepting what they are taught passively can be detrimental in many circumstances. Nevertheless, the speaker does not pay due attention to the many ways in which his or her view may become overly extreme or may produce negative consequences. The speaker’s view may probably become unfeasible if students merely want to pass exams or if students are learning languages or basic mathematical skills. Therefore, I encourage the speaker to fully specify the scope conditions of his or her insightful claim.

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