[TexasRepublic]

Is thinking obsolete? It is in Washington. In fact, it seems to be actively discouraged. Remember what Nancy Pelosi said about ObamaCare? She said Congress would have to pass the bill in order to learn what it is in the bill. Can you say “back-asswards”?

[Mister Da]

Public schools run by the government were the beginning of the end.

[GOPJ]

He identified himself as a physician, and the claims that he made about guns were claims that had been made years ago in a medical journal — and thoroughly discredited since then. He might have learned that, if we had engaged in a back and forth discussion, but it was clear from his letter that his goal was not debate but denunciation. That is often the case these days.

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. Moreover, it is largely indoctrination based on the same set of underlying and unexamined assumptions among teachers and institutions.

It could be an unintended consequence of the women's rights movement.

Years ago women teachers were the same people who today run companies ... In the 'old days' those women were primarily relegated to 'teacher or nurse'... And they made great teachers and nurses. Of course it was unfair - and changes needed to be made... but there were some great teachers.

Today's teachers come from the same class as the people who used to sell shoes and work in factories. Union types - not the types usually associated with critical thinking...