When they’re taught that playing moral trump cards determines truth (not that they have any respect for an objective truth, as opposed to a person’s “lived truth”), then their logical reasoning abilities are rendered useless, and seem to atrophy. It’s like giving them a cheat code that lets them bypass serious thinking.
The 1939 Wizard of Oz had it so right–the Wizard hands the Scarecrow a diploma and the Scarecrow starts spouting gibberish. That was a bit more on point than the books, where the Wizard just filled the Scarecrow’s head with pins and needles to make him sharp.
Bueller…. Bueller…. Bueller… Anyone?
When they’re taught that playing moral trump cards determines truth (not that they have any respect for an objective truth, as opposed to a person’s “lived truth”), then their logical reasoning abilities are rendered useless, and seem to atrophy. It’s like giving them a cheat code that lets them bypass serious thinking.
By definition, students are ignorant – that’s why they go to school, even university.
They are not curing ignorance, nor are they doing anything about their cultural stupidity.
The 1939 Wizard of Oz had it so right–the Wizard hands the Scarecrow a diploma and the Scarecrow starts spouting gibberish. That was a bit more on point than the books, where the Wizard just filled the Scarecrow’s head with pins and needles to make him sharp.