“Mission Accomplished!”
This. Dewey's project for public education has been a resounding success. We have arrived at his desired end product:
Posted on 10/13/2015 8:03:28 AM PDT by PROCON
Never has there been a time in history requiring that an individual be equipped with critical thinking skills more than now. The biggest problem that America is facing today is the inability of the vast majority of the citizenry to think critically. Matt Drudge went so far as to say that Americans are sick. Lack of the ability to think critically is a mental symptom that affects all people regardless of their level of education, economic status, age, race, ethnicity, sex, or political party (although it appears that liberals are more likely to lack such skills). If we are to ever bring America back to the point where she is great again, the majority of the citizens are going to have to acquire and hone critical thinking skills.
Why is it imperative for the citizenry to be able to think critically? Because the mainstream media has abandoned its responsibility of reporting facts in exchange for distracting, distorting, propagandizing and protecting. The public education system also ran by liberals, has dumbed down the quality of education in exchange for explicit (non-age appropriate) sex education and revised negative American history. For these reasons, individuals must master the ability to think critically in order to navigate through the lies and distortions coming from the mainstream media so that we can elect people based on his or her record of accomplishments, stance on important issues, and the substance of his or her rhetoric.
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Also, I think it's important to have a "Truth" detector to separate the wheat from the chafe.
During the time that I've been a FReeper, I've had the occasion to read thoughts and posts from many hundreds of FReepers and it seems the common theme is that, for the most part, we all share a Christian or Jewish worldview.
Now, that's not to say we don't have many non-believers here too, and I know several who are brilliant, but the majority of us follow God's Word the best we are able.
Having said this, I ask the question:
Is it too late for America to recover from it's collective lack of critical thinking skills?
It does so much for us that we have not learned how to learn, how to think. This newest generation is in for a world of hurt as they are ill-equipped to face life.
47% of Americans are void of critical thinking skills.
You must choose between pooitical correctness and critical thinking. The left has xeliberately made it a punishable offense to express inxepenxent and critical thought
Ping!
Yes, seeing a group of high school students walking to school looking down at their smart phones is a symptom of too much technology.
Exhibit 1: The presidency of Barack Obama.
They’ve been dumbing people down for a century or so. Apparent it worked. Shame.
It’s never too late. But we need leadership. I think Trump may provide that.
And we need to change the control of the media. That’s harder, but we could start by banning foreign ownership of the press in the U.S.. That would at least get the middle-easterners out. That and banning excessive control by any one individual/corporation. We still have anti-trust laws on the books, but I don’t think they are enforced.
Not at all a new observation.
There is a game-changer out there this cycle, and it is Donald Trump. Maybe his appeal is superficial, but it seems to be connecting with the “low-information” voters, as well as a lot of people who were well enough informed, but could not be stirred to even take an interest in politics.
The contorted first sentence, and a turn of phrase or two that follow, make me wonder whether the author’s critical thinking should also be called into question.
It is true that liberals have ruined education with their insistence on “non-judgmental” pap. They have mangled language in the interest of spawning confusion. They have inculcated apathy toward citizenship in the United States. They should not be allowed to teach or to vote.
Public Schools:
“Mission Accomplished!”
Our online world is a two-edged sword when it comes to critical thinking. On the one hand, critical thinking is negated by the internet supplanting the books and conversation that often form the questions which inspire critical thinking. On the other hand, if we think critically to some extent in the first place, the internet provides instant access to the answers we seek.
> Is it too late for America to recover from it’s collective lack of critical thinking skills?
It took one mulatto Commie president and his staff of minions with the backing of an uber wealthy white man who thinks he’s Emporer Palpatine controlling an idiotic version of Darth Vader to do some pretty serious damage to the U.S. but I think that if Americans pull together and oust the Commies from our government we can salvage it. It won’t be easy but we can do it now that people have seen the end result and destruction of what the socialist mindset can do. People are really sick of it.
The problem is not the technology.
The problem is the refusal of the left to realize that the utopia the envision, is not possible. They want to re-educate, and outright ban that which demonstrates that utopia is not attainable. They use all manner to deprive those at the bottom of their dignity, and to deprive the middle of the fruits of their labors.
Only they (who they believe ought to be on top), who are the anointed ones, are smart enough to create the utopia they desire, and all others must be forced to conform to the left’s vision.
In that, there is the absence of a Judeo/Christian worldview. This worldview places God at the top, not the state, and thus God must be banned or replaced with leftist thinking, and the state must be the new God.
This. Dewey's project for public education has been a resounding success. We have arrived at his desired end product:
I fail to see how a politician can inspire critical thinking. I think it is essentially an educational endeavor based on a return to fundamental processes that encourage learning and thinking.... the Socratic Method, essay exams and the like. But that will never happen...to many kids to push through the system, parental expectations and the like.
We might be the dumbest people to ever live.
“You must choose between political correctness and critical thinking.”
BINGO! We have a winner!
Political correctness snuffs out all forms of critical thinking! It’s not technology or anything like that at all ... it’s good old PC thinking that wipes out our capacity to think critically.
They should start by being more critical of themselves. They need to discover that their generation(s) have been vastly overrated and then they should do something about it. If they get that far, they’ll have to get used to the idea that it never ends and that it’s one of their responsibilities as adults to maintain reasonable levels of awareness and conscientiousness...IF they hope to ever make the world a better place.
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