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How Can We Bring Back Critical Thinking In The U.S.? (Original Post)
GoLeft TV
Oct 2015
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Stuart G
(38,726 posts)1. Ain't easy...Tried teaching that in high schools..(for many years)
Some get it, some don't...say it again...ain't easy...No it ain't..!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-none
(1,884 posts)2. Some people think critical thinking is never agreeing with anyone on the other side about anything.
Turbineguy
(40,074 posts)3. Good question
I spend all day trying to get my students to do critical thinking (differentiating between "good science" and "bad science"
. Then they go home and watch Fox News. I shovel sand against the tide.
valerief
(53,235 posts)4. Religion decimates critical thinking.