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To: twigs
He told me that the new required freshman course about getting adjusted and critical thinking...

i.e., moral relativism. True "critical thinking," or logic, as it's been known since Aristotle's day, went out the window in the early '60s.

10 posted on 02/06/2007 8:18:37 AM PST by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Aquinasfan

The thinking is that is that logic or rationality is an aftermath of the Enlightenment or modernism. Oh the horrors! And since there is no such thing as truth, you have to forget facts and concentrate on process and where you as the student fit into it. I was really upset while talking to my husband. He said he's glad it will soon be time to retire. Also, the Middle States certification institution is making them hire a person whose sole responsibility is assessment--making certain that teachers are "assessing" students in such a way that comparisons can be made to all other college students. In a word, standardized tests.


18 posted on 02/06/2007 8:30:24 AM PST by twigs
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