On a side note in class critical thinking was brought up.
Is critical thinking in its pure unbiased form? Or is it taught in schools according to the political influence of the time?
In the last few years educators have had to push critical thinking. Textbooks have texts that support this idea in order to get students to solve problems on their own and to reflect on the circumstances presented by society. The first question is, why is teaching critical thinking important? Maybe it will create a "society" of highly innovative and independent thinkers that can sail through problems. Students may be better in mathematics, sciences and be able to be an asset to the job sector.
On the other hand, critical thinking according to who? Schools buy brand new textbooks to help teach the concept. Problems in society such as poverty, media influence, opposing political standpoints, etc. are presented in the textbooks. However, every ten years or so there's an updated textbook needing to be bought. Is it because the problems are outdated or because the points of view in power have changed?
It's something to think about. I'm thinking the latter just because as far as history goes, the general problems of society don't change very often. However, government control and influence changes like the wind.
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"Government control and influence changes like the wind" Hmm. That's not actually true. The Social Credit party held power for 35 years; the PCs replaced them in 1971 and have been in power ever since. I don't think you can describe a government that has been virtually uncontested for 37 years 'changing like the wind.' Other places, yes, but in Alberta, not so much.
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