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The best I've heard is "At least you will be able to think critically." Was that really left out of the previous 12 years' curriculum?
by billeh 14y ago
The best I've heard is "At least you will be able to think critically." Was that really left out of the previous 12 years' curriculum?
- RougeFemme 14y agoUnfortunately, in the US, with so many public schools striving to meet benchmark scores on standardized tests that require little critical thinking. . .the answer is yes, that's increasingly left out of the previous 12 years' curriculum.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThis is largely FUD in well-to-do districts. Having gone through the public school system after NCLB was passed in a district consisting primarily of upper middle class students, I rarely heard NCLB or the related standardized tests mentioned. And when I did, it was in the form of a derogatory remark from the teachers. Of course, things may be very different for people from other socioeconomic backgrounds.