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In reply to the discussion: Idiot Teacher Asked 4th-Graders to Give 3 Good Reasons for Slavery [View all]gratuitous
(82,849 posts)40. Thank you for your pedagogic perspective
Perhaps you could lay out a curriculum for fourth graders to think about some really good reasons for torturing one's enemies. You know, so that nine-year-olds understand the arguments put forward by despots and war criminals around the world. Maybe you could include footage of ISIS burning people alive in steel cages? That'll sure put paid to those dumb old "standardized test scores, rote memory and drivvel [sic]."
Perhaps it's best for all involved that you're a former teacher.
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Idiot Teacher Asked 4th-Graders to Give 3 Good Reasons for Slavery [View all]
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2018
OP
Looking forward to your curriculum on taking a critical thinking approach to whether murder is
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2018
#3
So you are into the logical fallacy of personal attacks instead of refuting arguments. Well done!
ollie10
Jan 2018
#79
and maybe it would be best for all involved if you didn't personally attack those you disagree with
ollie10
Jan 2018
#41
Why not have an exercise titled "Give 3 reasons why breast cancer is a good thing"
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2018
#52