Papantonio: Texas Schools Ban Critical Thinking
If you saw an article on the Internet telling you that schools in Texas were trying to ban the teaching of critical thinking, you’d probably think it was an article written by The Onion. But the sad and scary truth is that Republicans in Texas are actually writing laws that would ban school teachers from teaching their students how to look at facts, analyze data, and form conclusions based on observations. Essentially – they are trying to prevent children from developing critical thinking skills. Mike Papantonio talks about the dark ages mentality of Texas Republicans with Danny Weil, an investigative journalist with Truthout.
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http://truth-out.org/news/item/10144-texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools
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to be a liberal Dem in Texas. The large cities can be an oasis (our Houston mayor is openly gay) but ignorance and anti intellectualism run deep. Now add all the BS testing and you destroy the joy of learning for students and the teacher moral is in the crapper.
The GOP had trashed the moderate GOP and we are still recovering from the redistricting we went through during the Bush years. The good news is that the GOP in the House lost their super majority. The last session, the Dems didn't even bother to show up-what was the point. This year we stand a chance. We got rid of some obnoxious folk.
Oh, and BTW, let me apologize in advance for Ted Cruz. He is a tea party obnoxious prick that will be in the Senate. You know it is bad when I am hoping John Cornyn can muzzle the jerk. 
