I will agree with this. I remember when I was in High School I had an optional credit course actually called critical thinking. It turned out to be one of my favorite classes taught by a nutty coach who ended up being my favorite teacher. The most valuable thing I learned there, is that you will never become more intelligent without any form of curiosity. Knowledge (and thus power as the cliché goes) is not just delivered to you on some golden platter. You have to be CURIOUS and WANT to "know things". Most of the kids I was in school with I look back on and realize how blind they were (hell me too). There was no desire to elevate the level of our mental abilities. It was all about what parties were that weekend and whether you would get puke drunk or not. God im glad I grew out of that fast. And yet, I still feel ive lived a sheltered life. Damn this cultureless state! (Texas ...=P). I want to move to NY, or SF someone give me a job there!..=P hehe
Did I mention I love this list because of topics like this. I never seem to find more intelligent and engaging conversation than what comes with other programmers. Nerds Rule!...=P -chris I've stopped 9,086 spam messages. You can too! Get your free, safe spam protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/ -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: critical thinking, was Open Question: Is the fighting in Iraq moral? At least it is taught, I suppose. But (warning: blanket statement ahead) on the whole, American schools fail to teach basic literacy let alone critical thinking. Which may be why we see so little of it in public debate. Official versions of events are uncritically accepted until at least the college level of education. And the entire system of grouping children together by age just encourages group think and a preteen version of political correctness. Nick McClure writes: > Well, my school did, in fact the state laws of Kentucky require critical > thinking to be a major part of the curriculum. > > KERA and a number of other education acts in the state place critical > thinking as a top priority in Kentucky schools from the beginning. > Reading and critical understanding of the topic and questions is the > most import part. > > Now the next question of course is are we doing a good job? Well that is > debatable; many students do the minimum to get by, so while the > curriculum is there, and the time is being devoted, it doesn't get us as > far. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:15 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Open Question: Is the fighting in Iraq moral? > > > > I am not sure that I would agree with the proposition that schools > teach > > critical thinking :) but we don't have to open that can of worms > unless ya > > want :) > > > > Nick McClure writes: > > > > > Through = throw :) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:35 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Open Question: Is the fighting in Iraq moral? > > > > > > > > High schools around here tend to through in some ethics in Social > > > > Studies classes, but not much, Social Studies is more history than > > > > anything else. We also have some psychology and criminology > classes > > > that > > > > touch on these things. > > > > > > > > Many believe that moral and ethical questions ought to be answered > in > > > > the home. School is for facts, you learn how to read and identify > > > > things, think critically. You learn your morals and ethics from > the > > > > community. > > > > > > > > Then we get into the breakdown of the family and the community, > > > > completely different arguments and problems there. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
