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In reply to the discussion: Another side of Andy Borowitz [View all]IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,078 posts)36. Yep, absence of Civics classes...
... and as you stated teaching to the test. It amazes me that so many have no understanding of how government works. Many think and have stated for a couple of decades now that anything can be bought off. Hello Nixon and the PAC's and the quasi-legit, "think tanks", that fool people into thinking their paid for opinions are FACTS. I could go on and on but I have a family (just me and my folks, we all quarantine) Thanksgiving meal to go to...
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It's been my experience that the best comedic minds are quite intelligent...
Wounded Bear
Nov 2020
#3
Not since having to teach to the test for funding. And Civic classes have been gone for a long time
judesedit
Nov 2020
#21
BINGO!!!! I've been saying this for years. The K-12 education system has failed us.
CaptainTruth
Nov 2020
#7
Should we include MSM could be showing people how to acquire critical thinking skills?
KS Toronado
Nov 2020
#9
Yes!! Have been saying this (although about traitor only the last five years) for the last six
niyad
Nov 2020
#8
Great points. I taught for 20 years in public schools and it's not as simple a people want it to be.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2020
#49
Exactly. Many, probably most, of his cult had access to a good education. However, you know the one
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2020
#46
Yet I Know Highly Educated Americans Raised on Critical Thinking who Still Voted for Trump
Stallion
Nov 2020
#28
Yep. RW media is expertly-delivered propaganda, using all the tried and true techniques.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2020
#51
And how do we do that when just less than half of people think education is liberal propaganda??
Victor_c3
Nov 2020
#44
It's tempting to simplify this very complicated issue, but not productive.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2020
#52