Comment by rdtsc

I think a lot of this starts with developing and maintaining a healthy curiosity and a love of learning. Perhaps all the children are naturally curious and want to learn different things about the world but eventually they go through education systems that beat that out of them.

The education systems of many countries are based on rote learning. It is unfortunate and a cheap shortcut to take for both the students and the teacher. The student doesn't have to waste time understanding and the teacher doesn't have to waste time making sure every student understood. "Did they repeat what was said to them? Good" -- Check. Move on to the next grade. "Not my problem anymore".