[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

[Miles Jackson]

On 2/15/2012 7:49 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
>
> If CC hadn't done it on his own -- perhaps with the help
> of others who were not official credentiallers, or not acting
> for the moment in that capacity -- it's not clear how he
> ever *would* have done it. The school system does *not*
> teach critical thinking, though there is a certain meretricious
> playacting of it, and plenty of phony claims made about it.

Every academic term, my colleagues and I teach courses at our community 
college, and our students produce course work that proves you wrong.

Miles