There's an interesting article in the latest issue of American Educator: "Why Don't Students Like School? Because the Mind Is Not Designed For Thinking" (pdf).
The general subject is cached thoughts.
I feel I must point to John Taylor Gatto's work - here's an example: Against School - he makes a good case here and elsewhere that the school system was not designed to benefit students, and that it does not coincidentally do any such thing.
There's an interesting article in the latest issue of American Educator: "Why Don't Students Like School? Because the Mind Is Not Designed For Thinking" (pdf).
The general subject is cached thoughts.