I've noticed that many elementary school's mission statements specifically state in some way an attainable challenge in critical thinking but I've not heard of any elementary school actually providing a course in it. I wonder where it would fit into the schedule given the current curriculum and the limited number of hours?

math
science
reading
english
social studies
keyboarding or computer science
health
physical fitness

were the classes my daughter took in the 4th grade. Reading was a separate course and still was last year in the 7th grade. English was actually called Communications but the subject matter was the same as the old English classes. There are not enough hours in the day as it is to cover all of the required material and the core subjects are lacking in attention...


>>>>One of my suggestions is mandating a critical reasoning course to 4th graders in public schools. Why?
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>>lol...Obviously...you are not a father who has a kid or had a kid in the 4th. grade...
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>No, but I pay taxes. And since my argument was that teaching a child to be thoughtful means they will be more thoughtful about what we teach them from that point on I think thats a valid point to make as I'm paying for the education. And though it was geared towards educators, I suspect it would equally apply to parents.
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>You're right, I don't have a kid, but that strawman aside, are you saying that you'd prefer if your children weren't thoughtful? Especially in this age of mass media? Is that because you've found they're easier to control when they accept your lies?
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>This is *way* off topic. You could start a new thread in the chatter forum if you're actually interested in talking about this. Something tells me your more interested in honing your debating chops.
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>I've never been one to turn down discussing my own ideas so you're trolling the right guy.