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5. Education is suppose to make us into ''critical thinkers''.The ability to synthesize fact / fiction

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 09:19 PM

Jun 2018

Does anyone on DU think that what you're reading is bullshit? No,we made an educated decision to participate.

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Lewis Black tweet: [View all] applegrove Jun 2018 OP

the problem is that there is also 5 times the amount of "fake facts" lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #1

Of course. But it a great sentiment. That we all have the power to know applegrove Jun 2018 #3

And there are easy ways to verify it with reputable sources IronLionZion Jun 2018 #12

I love him! BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #2

F-A-C-T-S. A good word. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #4

For all the eloquence of graduation speeches bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #6

He said to "find the facts". That takes work. It also trickyguy Jun 2018 #7

It's really not that difficult samplegirl Jun 2018 #8

When I was still teaching murielm99 Jun 2018 #10

GOP is against education in general because it makes people soft and weak IronLionZion Jun 2018 #13