Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
William J. Foristal wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> Oh I love it when you ramble. :) You make some good points here. I
> still remember a situation when I was in the grade school and the
> supervisor of the nuns who were teaching in the grade school visited our
> class. She said that she had two pies and wanted to know what was
> bigger, 1/2 of pie one or 1/4 of pie 2. Of course the answer depends on
> how big each pie is. This was my first example of critical thinking
> although they did not call it that at the time.
>
> There is an entire series of questions that have been published in books
> to illustrate something called lateral thinking. Some of them are quite
> challenging to figure out.
>
> There was a group in town that gave a sports type presentation for kids.
> Herschell Walker was on the panel and he said he doesn't preach to kids
> about the evils of drugs and alcohol. The kids already know that. He
> preaches about the positive side of life and how important it is to set
> goals and take care of one's health. I think he has a point.
>
> Bill
>
Hi Bill
Now there are some good examples and I guess that is what I am hoping is
happening more in our elementary schools. Developing thinkers is gradual
and it just seems sometimes like we don't do that. Asked my students about
D.A.R.E. I asked if they were told anything about the lure of drugs or
about the benefits of not using and they don't think that was ever
mentioned, just the evils. So sad if this is so. Sort of like "Reefer
Madness" only not so extreme. I am sure the kids are aware of people that
use chemicals and those evils don't seem to happen. So then they may tune
out all info. that they need to make good decisions.
Sometimes I think we teach our children to be too compartmentalized. I see
so many not being able to make connections between things that to them seem
not to fit. I tried to connect police report writing (I have a number of
law enforcement in class) to writing a one page summary of important points
they found in an article. I felt like that comedian with the dummy who
passes his hand over his head and says "Whooooooom." (or something like
that). Oh well, always another day.
jackief
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