Repeating myself again; the public school system should be dismantled. My time has certainly passed. When I was in secondary school we were taught to look for facts and consider all aspects of an issue. I remember our writing was expected to show clear ideas and dependable conclusions. I then went to a small college and I remember we were taught logic throughout the curriculum; debate included all perspectives and you were expected to defend your position using facts and reason. I was never a stellar student or great thinker, but I did learn to reason, rather than emote. This type of teaching and learning is forbidden in today’s factory schools; magical thinking and emotional rhetoric is as complex as it gets. Sad.
defensible conclusions, sorry
Rational reasoning is anathema to post modernist thought. Relativism is simply not rational.