Hermeneutics 101

I can see why the text were assigned for this week in relation to this course. However, I believe this is a concept that everyone should be taught from a much younger age. One could argue that word problems or analytic types of reading would suffice in developing this practice of text interpretation. As a child we are taught to dissect readings and piece the parts together in order to understand the whole picture. But, what happens when the whole picture is ultimately incomprehensible? Unless you are 'reading' the IKEA manual (which only has pictures), I don't believe texts are ever so to the point -- not just the sacred texts that we have been learning about thus far. 

To me, texts are like a murder scene, unless you were physically there, you can only infer enough to come to a conclusion that makes sense in the grand scheme of things. If people were taught this practice, I feel we would have a lot of more open minded people who genuinely understand that the world is indecipherable.