Kant’s brilliant idea about having the determination and courage to use one’s intelligence without being guided by another sounds very inspiring, but I wonder how feasible would that be applied to a massive scale of education. With that idea in mind, would it be possible to find a win/win situation within the educational system between how much it is given by the institution/ teacher and to what degree students take in all that’s “forced” upon them / given? I’m not only talking about the considerable debt (that may take a lifetime to payoff) but also the amount of information, knowledge usually conveyed/ passed on at an intellectual level. What about the realization of that knowledge? I mean, an insight, embodiment, true understanding of that which is taught. Can we rely and stand on our inner intelligence and move on from there? Is that something that could be taught? Or is it something we have to keep reminding each other within the binomial student-teacher relationship as we continue to go through the stages of growths and education? For me the binomial mentor/mentee relationship is essential, one can’t exist without the other.