(September 26, 2013 at 11:10 pm)Airyaman Wrote:(September 26, 2013 at 10:55 pm)Max_Kolbe Wrote: No, what they are asking is, "what grade will this get me." The focus is too much on grades. We do not teach our students to think for themselves. We teach them to value an arbitrary letter in the alphabet that has no value. Knowledge and skill, that's valuable. The way public schools are set up however, we teach kids to value what other people tell them is valuable. I ask that question because I want my students to begin thinking about these things. I do not want them to go along with the crowd. Even if that means that they come to conclusions that are opposite of mine. I want my students to be critical thinkers in a society that does not value critical thinking.
So you have become part of the "we" problem then? Are you doing anything beyond mentioning it on an atheist forum?
Oh, I am absolutely part of the problem. (I'm a human being, after all). What I do to solve the problem, you're probably not interested in hearing about.
