[reformedliberal]

...we were given freedom to think in school....
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Not *given*. Freedom to think was EXPECTED and we took it for granted.

In 1961, in a university honors history seminar, no holds were barred. We came at things from all sides. The professor was openly Marxist, but he never stepped on anyone’s toes and defused potential contretemps with humor and questions.

Looking back at those discussions and the papers we had to write, most were classical liberals, meaning conservative in today’s lexicon, but everyone of us (about a dozen) entertained and questioned ideas from all sides without calling/being called names or penalized.

It was exhilarating and everything I thought university would be.

[generally]

Another interesting post from 8ch.

USAF plane in the air off the coast of Japan.

Codename: CABAL44.

Who could that be???

[STARLIT]

You brought back good memories. My high school English teacher reading Huckleberry Finn with accents for all the characters. They've probably banned the book today. Another reading "Great Expectations". Another lost book.

[hoosiermama]

Had those experience with a high school teacher. Had him for three periods in senior year. Also was our debate coach. One week we argued one side the next week we research and did the opposite. As you say brainstorming is exhilarating ! No name calling or put down. Just expressing ideas —sometime they were rediculous and humorous BUT all were responded to as “That’s a possibility!”