They also frown on multiculturalism. Another snippet:
American Identity Patriotism and Loyalty – We believe the current teaching of a multicultural curriculum is divisive. We favor strengthening our common American identity and loyalty instead of political correctness that nurtures alienation among racial and ethnic groups. Students should pledge allegiance to the American and Texas flags daily to instill patriotism. I never fail to be amazed. Perpetual naïveté on my part I guess. Carol On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Christopher Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You would be forgiven for thinking that the subject line is some sort of > political "spin" on my part. In fact, it is the headline in the Austin > Chronicle for the article linked here: > http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/news/2012-06-27/gop-opposes-critical-thinking/ > > Here's a verbatim snippet from the Texas Republican Platform for 2012: "We > oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills..., critical thinking > skills and similar programs... [which] have the purpose of challenging the > student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority." > > So, we should only teach students what they already believe? What's the point > of that? :-) > > Chris > --- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================== > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=18833 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-18833-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18836 or send a blank email to leave-18836-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
