• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    You could stop at “Republicans want you to think” with nothing after it at all and it’s still a lie. They don’t want people to think at all. The 2012 Texas GOP platform literally spelled out that they oppose the teaching of critical thinking skills in their platform.

    We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

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      4 months ago

      Ah yes, education. The place where you learn nothing new and only reinforce your “fixed beliefs.” I can’t believe they actually wrote that.

      …lol wtf am I saying, it is obviously 100% on brand.