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Talk:Essay:Best Concepts to Teach Teenagers (view source)
Revision as of 00:02, September 2, 2008
, 00:02, September 2, 2008ah, the old liberal canard about "freedom of thought"
:::No-one wants to stop children asking questions, and good answers help an enquiring mind to grow. But sometimes lines have to be drawn. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 13:26, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
:::No-one wants to stop children asking questions, and good answers help an enquiring mind to grow. But sometimes lines have to be drawn. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 13:26, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
::::I'd suggest that two lines are between 1)speech/thought and action and 2)questioning/holding-to-account and dismissing out of hand. Both give reasonably clear divides between what you/society/the school should allow and where you/society/the school are perfectly entitled to dictate. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 16:59, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
::::I'd suggest that two lines are between 1)speech/thought and action and 2)questioning/holding-to-account and dismissing out of hand. Both give reasonably clear divides between what you/society/the school should allow and where you/society/the school are perfectly entitled to dictate. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 16:59, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
(unindent) I generally agree with [[freedom of thought]], but particularly when it comes to adults resisting government propaganda aimed at squelching their religion. Also, in education, I prefer to let my students come to their own conclusions - instead of mandating that they believe a certain way. I tell them the truth, and if I can't convince them of it, maybe I'm not a very good teacher.
But "one is not free to thirst while drinking". So it's not [[true freedom]] to cling to a lie; and I'm not helping you to be free if I stand by idly while you fool yourself. I can't '''make''' a horse drink, but I owe him nothing less than to lead him to water. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 20:02, 1 September 2008 (EDT)
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