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keithbvadu2

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9. TX GOP opposed critical thinking skills in school.

Reply to et tu (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 01:17 PM

Apr 27

TX GOP opposed critical thinking skills in school.

https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181381120

Texas GOP Declares: “No More Teaching of ‘Critical Thinking Skills’ in Texas Public Schools“
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The company is moving across the Texas prairie, taking down traditional public schools like locusts consuming wheat fields. Keeping with the Republican platform, they promise to make obedience training and anti-intellectualism the cornerstone and foundation of education in Texas, to the detriment of students and society.

I think they later recanted that position.

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Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and the [View all] riversedge Apr 27 OP

Nutshell... dchill Apr 27 #1

I can think of people nowadays who would say that's where the great decline began bhikkhu Apr 27 #8

I remember the first time I read that how moved I was. CrispyQ Apr 27 #2

Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 27 #3

Thanks for citing a knowledgeable source who says Mead never said this. Tactical Peek Apr 28 #19

Then civilization began with Neanderthals Ponietz Apr 27 #4

"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." Bayard Apr 27 #5

critical thinking skills et tu Apr 27 #6

TX GOP opposed critical thinking skills in school. keithbvadu2 Apr 27 #9

they may recant et tu Apr 27 #10

I know this is symatics Prairie_Seagull Apr 27 #7

Thanks for sharing that insight. Martin68 Apr 27 #11

Very wise lady. ananda Apr 27 #12

Nowadays, the good Samaritan who helped would be a labeled a Commie Radical Leftist. Ping Tung Apr 27 #13

...and Republicans first arose when... LudwigPastorius Apr 27 #14

Could also have been a woman: Dave Bowman Apr 27 #16

Mead was wrong about a lot, she saw through rose colored glasses Warpy Apr 27 #15

Actually animals do help each other I_UndergroundPanther Apr 27 #18

In othe words: empathy for your fellow man NickB79 Apr 27 #17

What an up,if ting OP malaise Apr 28 #20