Critical thinking and how to cross check your sources to verify if something is true are invaluable skills.
I graduated high school in 2006 and we had to learn both of those in order write research papers. I grew up in a blue state, and went to public school. My English teacher also taught us that “anyone can get a book published, or write an article online, so always cross check your sources and make sure they aren’t making stuff up.”
They taught us those skills so we could write papers for college, but I feel like they’re even more important now just for navigating the internet.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The education system can’t and won’t ever teach “critical thinking” because the point of education is indoctrination and control.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can’t tell if fascist who wants to religiously indoctrinate their children in isolation, or has legitimate, sane issues.
HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
arent they refrencing the famous quote from some guy who had influence. about how school is for training people to be a part of the working class.
moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Education is learning critical thinking. People, politics, corpos, etc. use the education system for propaganda and indoctrination. The education isn’t how people receive it. It’s important to not mix them, otherwise you’re already in the indoctrination process.