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In reply to the discussion: Santorum: Obama wants Americans to go to college to become indoctrinated [View all]handmade34
(22,753 posts)18. it is called critical thinking
and a continuing of the arts
"Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture." Francis Bacon
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/our-mission/599
"Critical thinking is essential if we are to get to the root of our problems and develop reasonable solutions. After all, the quality of everything we do is determined by the quality of our thinking."
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Santorum: Obama wants Americans to go to college to become indoctrinated [View all]
liberal N proud
Jan 2012
OP
Santorum would prefer the nation be a bunch of illiterate ignorant fools he can push around that
RKP5637
Jan 2012
#4
"62 percent of children who enter college with a faith conviction leave without it"
Aerows
Jan 2012
#9
That idiot went to Penn State, Pitt and law school. If it is ok for him, it should be for others.
appleannie1
Jan 2012
#10
..and do you know why that 62% lose their belief whilst in college you dumb prick?
truebrit71
Jan 2012
#12
And repubs are constantly saying US workers lack education. Amazing hypocrisy
Populist_Prole
Jan 2012
#26
If (62 percent of children who enter college with a faith conviction leave without it." ) true, it's
karynnj
Jan 2012
#28
And I just heard about an hour ago on the news that Rickie went home and decided
Skidmore
Jan 2012
#34
Depicting colleges and universities as bastions of leftist ideology is so 60s.
yellowcanine
Jan 2012
#35
And everyone knows it is a bad thing to give students something other than a Bible story version
yellowcanine
Jan 2012
#36