Well, here's the problem as I see it, Apo:
It's not about making someone take classes JUST in critical thinking, although I have heard of some skeptic podcasters setting up such classes for colleges - one semester deals in which they learn how people get conned and such.
You mentioned "basic study skills". In my experience, and what a number of people here in the south seem to be experiencing as well, is that schools are leaving the teaching format in which you learn to process information from a study book, or learn what is good information, and instead you're made to regurgitate 'facts' in order to pass the tests the government is making schools give out in order to obtain funding. I'm sure you've seen the articles about schools found to have cheated on said tests.
There were incredible differences year to year in my schooling. Some teachers insisted on leaving 'test' elements till a month before we had to take them, saying we had other things to work on. Some teachers only concentrated on the tests. That's because the years behind mine were required to pass those tests. My year was the last that was 'experimented' on. There weren't any "study" skills discussed.
It's not about making someone take classes JUST in critical thinking, although I have heard of some skeptic podcasters setting up such classes for colleges - one semester deals in which they learn how people get conned and such.
You mentioned "basic study skills". In my experience, and what a number of people here in the south seem to be experiencing as well, is that schools are leaving the teaching format in which you learn to process information from a study book, or learn what is good information, and instead you're made to regurgitate 'facts' in order to pass the tests the government is making schools give out in order to obtain funding. I'm sure you've seen the articles about schools found to have cheated on said tests.
There were incredible differences year to year in my schooling. Some teachers insisted on leaving 'test' elements till a month before we had to take them, saying we had other things to work on. Some teachers only concentrated on the tests. That's because the years behind mine were required to pass those tests. My year was the last that was 'experimented' on. There weren't any "study" skills discussed.
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