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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Lang" data-source="post: 1011764" data-attributes="member: 65699"><p>"Soft skills" are not what the education system is for: we're supposed to be learning facts and hone our ability to think freely, not being "taught" merely what to think and how to act. Back when school was about learning to to think, not learning <em>what</em> to think, we were #1. Curse John Dewey and his "pragmatism". I can hardly believe that there was a time when the average high school graduate working as a cashier wouldn't be flummoxed when given $20.01 for a $19.01 bill, helpless to process that without a computer and in disbelief when his computer tells him that the customer is owed an even dollar instead of 99 inconvenient cents.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>NCLB was hardly a Bush/GOP-exclusive idea, and Bush/GOP aren't exactly what we'd call the paragon of right-wingers (If those like Limbaugh and Cruz are right wingers, then whatever term fits Bush has to involve some form of the word "centrist"). NCLB was certainly a bad idea, I won't contest that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Lang, post: 1011764, member: 65699"] "Soft skills" are not what the education system is for: we're supposed to be learning facts and hone our ability to think freely, not being "taught" merely what to think and how to act. Back when school was about learning to to think, not learning [i]what[/i] to think, we were #1. Curse John Dewey and his "pragmatism". I can hardly believe that there was a time when the average high school graduate working as a cashier wouldn't be flummoxed when given $20.01 for a $19.01 bill, helpless to process that without a computer and in disbelief when his computer tells him that the customer is owed an even dollar instead of 99 inconvenient cents. NCLB was hardly a Bush/GOP-exclusive idea, and Bush/GOP aren't exactly what we'd call the paragon of right-wingers (If those like Limbaugh and Cruz are right wingers, then whatever term fits Bush has to involve some form of the word "centrist"). NCLB was certainly a bad idea, I won't contest that. [/QUOTE]
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