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  • Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?

    Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?0

    Critical thinking has become a buzzword in today’s education system – and for good cause. Effective reasoning skills are essential in the fast-paced information world in which we live. But are students actually learning how to be critical thinkers? Or do teachers really even know how to train students in effective reasoning?   If college students

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  • Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?

    Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?0

    Recently a conservative student at Orange Coast College in California was suspended for video-recording his professor going on a liberal rant last November. The professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, was supposed to be teaching a human sexuality course, but instead went on a tangent about the country being in a state of “civil war” and

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  • Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?

    Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?0

    As the new school year quickly approaches, college freshmen will soon learn the proper way to address their new instructors. No longer are the go-to titles of “Mr.” and “Ms.” commonly used like they are for K-12 teachers; rather, “Professor,” “Doctor,” and first names are thrown in. The pertinent question today asks whether it’s okay

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  • Should She Have Helicoptered?

    Should She Have Helicoptered?0

    On top of everything else that is vexing about parenting, there’s this: You will never know if you’re doing it “right.” That’s because… No. 1: What the heck IS “right”? No. 2: How can we know what effect we’ve had on our kids at all? (If you have more than one, you’ll notice they’re not

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  • Should Schools Teach Students to Shoot?

    Should Schools Teach Students to Shoot?0

    Several years ago, Intellectual Takeout released the popular image below pondering why rifles and target practice are no longer a part of school activities today. Needless to say, the image generated a lot of debate and discussion. But while rifle practice is still taboo in many American schools, one school in the U.K. has made

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  • Should Schools Teach More Financial Literacy?

    Should Schools Teach More Financial Literacy?1

    Last night I resolved an issue that’s been haunting me for a while: I balanced my checkbook. And let me tell you, it’s a good feeling to get something like that off your chest and know you’re keeping tabs on your bank account! Unfortunately for many young people, the uneasy feeling about their bank account

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