Texas GOP Educational Platform Opposes Teaching Critical Thinking Skills 734
An anonymous reader writes "Texas Republican delegates met earlier this month to put together their 2012 platform. Much of this focused on the educational system. Alarmingly, they openly state that they oppose schools teaching critical thinking, on the grounds that it may challenge 'student's fixed beliefs' and undermine 'parental authority.' Page 12 of their official platform (PDF) discusses their thinking on teaching thinking."
Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score:5, Funny)
an intolerant monoculture as the tenured elite in their ivory towers
Achievement unlocked: buzzword combo!
Has anyone ever actually seen a tower made of ivory? Where did that come from? The "tenured elite" at my small school with only 50,000 students worked in some pretty shitty offices. It would have been pretty sweet to go to class inside an ivory tower instead of the crappy linoleum-tiled brick cages we had the privilege of occupying. As long as they also had ivory elevators.
Gov't for you (Score:4, Funny)
That's just one more reason (as if more were needed) that government shouldn't be allowed in business, education, health care, money, etc., oh well, eventually the society will be so dumb, it wouldn't care about anything but their daily bowl of cheese grits or whatever they eat and a 12 hours of American Football on all channels daily. Eventually... oh wait.
Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score:5, Funny)
LIBERALS! History's greatest monsters. Hitler was a liberal. Satan, too, is a liberal. As we all know since Hussein Obama was elected, Liberals (or "progressives" as they like to be called) sacrifice babies and drink their blood during the weekly satanic rituals they hold in the new, official, Sovereign Kenyan room of the white house. And that, folks, is why critical thinking skills need to be eliminated. Anything less, and you will let the Kenyan baby eating liberal progressives rule over you forever more. LIBERALS!
Danger - Thoughtcrime Scene (Score:5, Funny)
No no no.
Don't you realize how dangerous it would be to have your fixed beliefs changed by:
a) A changing situation or
b) Your changing level of knowledge of the situation.
There is no telling where that could lead. It could lead to DANCING, for God's sake!
Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score:4, Funny)
Down with the dune sage brush lizard!
Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score:2, Funny)
A dune sage brush lizard bit my sister once...
Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score:3, Funny)
Clearly, you're not a "leftist moron," but I would like to know why you hate America and want the terrorists to win.
All you liberal communists are always exactly the same by brutally purging all dissent marching in rabid lockstep to the beat of the Kenyan Stalinist Nazi Pretender's jackboots against the empty hollow shell of the Consintution with everyone shouting:
War is peas.
Freedum is slavery.
Ingorunts is strangth.
I"LL NEVER SUBMIT TO BEING FORCED TO MARRY ANOTHER MAN BECAUSE PRESIDENT HUSSEIN HAS YOUSERPED THE CONTISTUTION: GOD"S LAW!
How do respond to that, smart guy!?