Unfortunately, there are members of his hardcore base who are very well educated. People who are Phi Beta Kappa, for God's sake. Don't make the mistake of thinking that his base is composed solely of poorly educated people, lacking in critical thinking skills. His well educated, moneyed supporters drive the bus, they have the wherewithal and the influence needed to keep it going until we vote him out. After that, they'll find another candidate, willing to take up where Trump leaves off. They'll grab onto any opportunity, just as they did with Trump. It may not be in the next couple terms but they will have someone waiting in the wings ready to roll out and create havoc. And whoever it is, will be far better suited to the task, not some egotistical maniac, rather someone more Reagan-esque who can cultivate and sustain a broader base.
That's just about all I try to teach to my students in grades 3-5. Since I work exclusively with gifted and talented kids, I'm not constrained by standards-based content. I've been saying for years that our young people have to be taught how to think, not what to think.
Brings me back to my English education where the watch words were "What, how, why, when, who". We were encouraged to question everything! I helps a little to get on in this world.
They arenтАЩt so many people. They are a very loud and disruptive minority like billy, the class clown. He takes up all the air in the room. Send these disruptors to the principals office and letтАЩs move on.
It's hard to believe that there are so many people are completely brainwashed.
Says something about the state of education and the desperate need to teach critical thinkIng
Unfortunately, there are members of his hardcore base who are very well educated. People who are Phi Beta Kappa, for God's sake. Don't make the mistake of thinking that his base is composed solely of poorly educated people, lacking in critical thinking skills. His well educated, moneyed supporters drive the bus, they have the wherewithal and the influence needed to keep it going until we vote him out. After that, they'll find another candidate, willing to take up where Trump leaves off. They'll grab onto any opportunity, just as they did with Trump. It may not be in the next couple terms but they will have someone waiting in the wings ready to roll out and create havoc. And whoever it is, will be far better suited to the task, not some egotistical maniac, rather someone more Reagan-esque who can cultivate and sustain a broader base.
And the wheel turns....as long as money is "free speech" and uncontrolled in terms of election spending.
Precisely
So add: teach integrity and empathy in the mix with critical thinking skills. And bear in mind that the most powerful means of teaching is by example.
That's just about all I try to teach to my students in grades 3-5. Since I work exclusively with gifted and talented kids, I'm not constrained by standards-based content. I've been saying for years that our young people have to be taught how to think, not what to think.
Brings me back to my English education where the watch words were "What, how, why, when, who". We were encouraged to question everything! I helps a little to get on in this world.
They arenтАЩt so many people. They are a very loud and disruptive minority like billy, the class clown. He takes up all the air in the room. Send these disruptors to the principals office and letтАЩs move on.
EDIT: ...that there are so many people who are...
or
...that so many people are...