Comments on: Critical Thinking 101 http://otherdeb.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/critical-thinking-101/ A blog about getting out of debt, regaining equilibrium, and writing Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: otherdeb http://otherdeb.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/critical-thinking-101/#comment-142 otherdeb Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:04:17 +0000 http://otherdeb.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-142 @Ariel Cinii: I think I noted that they didn't teach it to lower grades ever.Yep... "<i>et this ability is not taught until college, and then often not until your junior or senior year."</i> And I never was supposed to wax poetic in high school on stuff I never cared about in your life. I actually mostly enjoyed high school, in fact. But that doesn't speak either way to the point that, in high school, you are still not taught to think critically; a skill that is of major importance. @Ariel Cinii: I think I noted that they didn’t teach it to lower grades ever.Yep… “et this ability is not taught until college, and then often not until your junior or senior year.”

And I never was supposed to wax poetic in high school on stuff I never cared about in your life. I actually mostly enjoyed high school, in fact. But that doesn’t speak either way to the point that, in high school, you are still not taught to think critically; a skill that is of major importance.

]]> By: Ariel Cinii http://otherdeb.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/critical-thinking-101/#comment-140 Ariel Cinii Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:11:53 +0000 http://otherdeb.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-140 In the 60s they didn't teach critical thinking, they taught OBEDIENCE-OR ELSE. Then all of a sudden when you got to high school, you were supposed to wax poetic on stuff you've never cared about in your life. I never resolved those inconsistencies and discovered later that rules were for idiots and going my own way was the only path to survival. It didn't work at first, but as my peers out in the world became ever more driven I finally decided I had to learn how to sail. In the 60s they didn’t teach critical thinking, they taught OBEDIENCE-OR ELSE. Then all of a sudden when you got to high school, you were supposed to wax poetic on stuff you’ve never cared about in your life. I never resolved those inconsistencies and discovered later that rules were for idiots and going my own way was the only path to survival. It didn’t work at first, but as my peers out in the world became ever more driven I finally decided I had to learn how to sail.

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