Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts

Started by jimmy olsen, March 03, 2015, 01:09:32 AM

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Quote from: merithyn on March 04, 2015, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 04, 2015, 10:52:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2015, 10:51:06 AM
Quote from: Martinus on March 04, 2015, 10:46:21 AM
Well I don't think you need to care about teachers not teaching that education is good since that would put them out of work. :P

So they will somehow teach kids how to deconstruct prejudices but only keeping them squarely focused on their parents?  Dude we have a hard enough time teaching them basic math.

I believe there was a period of time when I was a child that I would rigidly follow that teachers told me and call my parents out if they tried to tell me something that ran counter to what my teachers said. :Embarrass:

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Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2015, 02:38:04 PM
Quote from: merithyn on March 04, 2015, 02:32:24 PM
Every. One. Of. My. Children.  <_<

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Damn I hadn't considered this problem before.

Wait until the teacher gives your child her opinion as fact, and then you have to explain the difference between facts and opinions. But of course, you're an idiot and the kid's teacher knows everything. After all, she's a TEACHER and you're just MOM.  :rolleyes:

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Quote from: Malthus on March 04, 2015, 10:58:39 AM
Seriously though - I think the task of a good teacher is in part to teach critical thinking skills that can be applied to just about any situation going forward. Then it is up to the kid whether he or she finds flaws in parental or societal attitudes, or not.



But when they try to do that, parents whine and bitch about how schools don't teach kids "simple" ways of solving problems that are OBVIOUSLY the best way, and why can't they just learn the way we learned????
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Quote from: Berkut on March 04, 2015, 03:48:31 PM
But when they try to do that, parents whine and bitch about how schools don't teach kids "simple" ways of solving problems that are OBVIOUSLY the best way, and why can't they just learn the way we learned????

Well, the concept that there are multiple ways to teach things and that different kids learn differently is just an opinion, so don't try to present it as a fact.
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Quote from: merithyn on March 04, 2015, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 04, 2015, 10:52:20 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 04, 2015, 10:51:06 AM
Quote from: Martinus on March 04, 2015, 10:46:21 AM
Well I don't think you need to care about teachers not teaching that education is good since that would put them out of work. :P

So they will somehow teach kids how to deconstruct prejudices but only keeping them squarely focused on their parents?  Dude we have a hard enough time teaching them basic math.

I believe there was a period of time when I was a child that I would rigidly follow that teachers told me and call my parents out if they tried to tell me something that ran counter to what my teachers said. :Embarrass:

Every. One. Of. My. Children.  <_<

Don't think I ever went through that phase.  Possibly because I had already figured out that my mom was far from infallible before I ever started school, and I realized on the first day of school that my first grade teacher was a bitch (I don't think I even knew that term yet, but I recognized the personality traits).

garbon

Quote from: dps on March 04, 2015, 07:45:23 PM
I realized on the first day of school that my first grade teacher was a bitch (I don't think I even knew that term yet, but I recognized the personality traits).

My first grade teacher (which is when I believe this happened) was definitely a bitch but then I've never had a problem with bitches. :blush:
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