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Chuck

Fascinating that Santorum takes his sick daughter to doctors who are class
of intellectuals he is so dismissive of.

Martin

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Chuck Howarth <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> I  think the issue has grown beyond science to a broader antipathy towards
> intellectual pursuits in general, as Rick Santorum's recent quote suggests.
>  Here it is if you missed it:
>
> "There are good decent men and women; who go out and work hard every day;
> and put their skills to test that aren’t taught by some liberal college
> professor trying to indoctrinate them."
>
> What Stephen is proposing is exactly what Santorum objects to—the
> possibility that people might actually learn to think for themselves.  It
> is pretty amazing that a major national candidate would dare to make a
> statement like that.  You would think he would be laughed out of the
> campaign. But unfortunately no.  We have our work cut out for us, guys.
> >
> > Jennie -
> > My point was not that we should just take away dogma and permit the
> vacuum to be filled with whatever people wanted, but that we should
> completely rethink the teaching of a bolus of content through rote
> learning, and replace it with teaching kids how to think, deepen their
> understanding, and master asking questions and seeking answers. We are
> trying so hard to turn out encyclopaedias rather than thinking adults that
> we completely miss the opportunity to teach them the most important things,
> which, indeed, aren't even things.
> >
> > Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
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