It Also, You Know, Makes You Way Sleepy And Miss The Kardashians On TV

The Texas GOP would like to discourage thought. Numéro Cinq doesn’t know which side of the issue to come down on. Arguably critical thought does waste a lot of energy that could be used more productively keeping up with Justin and Kim. And parental authority is sacrosanct, especially, you know, because the parent is bigger…

Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

via Texas GOP 2012 platform item – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post.