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Stargazer99

(2,600 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:21 PM Jul 2015

Do you ever wonder why you are not taught critical thinking in low income schools?

The more educated the masses are is what our founding fathers wanted-not the more educated monied

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Do you ever wonder why you are not taught critical thinking in low income schools? (Original Post) Stargazer99 Jul 2015 OP

I'm not sure much critical thinking is taught in any schools. SheilaT Jul 2015 #1

In my adult education classes Turbineguy Jul 2015 #2

That's an amazing claim. Why is it that with less than 2% of the country watching any Fox News in Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #10

Marine transportation Turbineguy Jul 2015 #11

Not just low-income schools Ron Obvious Jul 2015 #3

Critical thinking is not compatible with authoritarian government, or secrecy. bemildred Jul 2015 #4

Critical thinking causes surly serfs. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #5

Indeed. They ask questions. The believe their own eyes rather than the government's lies. nt bemildred Jul 2015 #6

Teacher education stresses fostering critical thinking skills, US education policy doesn't. demmiblue Jul 2015 #7

If "critical thinking" were actually taught throughout... AOR Jul 2015 #8

I dunno. Did you go to a low income school? lumberjack_jeff Jul 2015 #9

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

1. I'm not sure much critical thinking is taught in any schools.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jul 2015

Turbineguy

(37,412 posts)

2. In my adult education classes

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:25 PM

Jul 2015

I try. But then most of my students go home and turn on Fox News as an antidote.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

10. That's an amazing claim. Why is it that with less than 2% of the country watching any Fox News in

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:50 PM

Jul 2015

a given week, your students watch it in a majority?

Turbineguy

(37,412 posts)

11. Marine transportation

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:11 PM

Jul 2015

An industry filled with teabaggers who have no clue how much they depend on the government for navigational aids and life-protecting regulations.

But 2% is good news and gives me hope.

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

3. Not just low-income schools

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:08 PM

Jul 2015

Teaching critical thinking teaches kids to see through advertising, religion, economics, and authority figures in general.

Surely nobody wants that.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

4. Critical thinking is not compatible with authoritarian government, or secrecy.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:12 PM

Jul 2015

`We have become very fond of both.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

5. Critical thinking causes surly serfs.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:14 PM

Jul 2015

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

6. Indeed. They ask questions. The believe their own eyes rather than the government's lies. nt

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:15 PM

Jul 2015

demmiblue

(36,914 posts)

7. Teacher education stresses fostering critical thinking skills, US education policy doesn't.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:21 PM

Jul 2015

Thanks for Arnie, Obama.

AOR

(692 posts)

8. If "critical thinking" were actually taught throughout...

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:39 PM

Jul 2015

the American education system...people certainly wouldn't defer to the "Founding Fathers" with any kind of reverence or esteem. The "Founding Fathers" were never about "freedom and liberty for all" but freedom and liberty for white male landowners and propertied slave owners.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

9. I dunno. Did you go to a low income school?

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:44 PM

Jul 2015

This is the kind of critical thinking I engage in when people express absolutist opinions.

Do the counselors at high income schools ever discourage students from incurring six figure debt to get a college education which offers no ROI?

That's the lack of critical thinking (and elementary arithmetic) that too many young adults suffer from.

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