And in other news...
Jun. 30th, 2012 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sepdetThe Texas GOP officially comes out against critical thinking. REALLY.
Here's a quote from of the platform they just adopted:
Dear gods.
Here's a quote from of the platform they just adopted:
"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
Dear gods.
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Date: 2012-06-30 07:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-30 08:18 am (UTC)and pain.
THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
Date: 2012-06-30 08:32 am (UTC)RIiiiight.
Those words just sort of happened to get written and ratified on their party platform, which will not be updated again until 2014.
*headdesk*
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Date: 2012-06-30 09:10 am (UTC)T_T
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Date: 2012-06-30 09:11 am (UTC)Re: THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
Date: 2012-06-30 09:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-30 09:52 am (UTC)And my grandmother and grandfather, both of them educators in Tyler, Texas, are no doubt spinning in their graves. (Sadly, my grandmother lived long enough to see which way the wind was blowing in her state.)
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Date: 2012-07-01 12:40 am (UTC)Oh, Texas... I think it is time for a Serious Talk, else we'll need to round up some other states and stage an intervention. If you don't shape up your act, Texas, we'll have no choice but to send Massachusetts over to take care of your business. And we know you aren't going to like that, Texas, right? So it's time for you to clean up your act before someone else has to come in and clean it up for you.
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:09 am (UTC)alas, it's not only Texas, although Texas is currently adding an extra s to the end of its name.
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:27 am (UTC)Regarding that extra "s" at the end of Texas, that sounds exactly like how I've pronounced that state's name for the past few years. *whistles and innocently looks the other way*
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Date: 2012-07-01 09:23 pm (UTC)