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IainB:
This is worth a laugh or 2:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/04/27-hilarious-detention-slips-photos_n_1397986.html#s835198&title=Detention_For_Browser
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That there is just so utterly ridiculous... "Although he was correct... Alex would be better off simply accepting my teachings without resistance." That's seriously ****ed. Ignorance is strength.
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Foxfire.exe~! ;D
Nothing like making a mockery of education... :P Because resistance is futile~! :P
-Renegade (April 05, 2012, 10:37 PM)
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If these are true, then your point is spot-on:
- ignorance is strength.
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- or rather, ignorance can be and is used as a lever to indoctrinate, browbeat and manipulate people's (in this case children's) minds. Splattergate was a superb example of that practice.
The irony is that insisting that children believe what their teacher tells them is true, without proof, actually invites children to override their critical thinking (CT being something that teachers are supposed to help their students develop).
In that first example (1Km > 1 Mile) there seems to be at least these 4 logical fallacies in play:
* argumentum ad hominem (argument against the person)
* argumentum ad baculum (appeal to fear).
* argumentum ad ignorantiam (forwarding a proposition without any certain proof).
* argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to authority).
An amazing achievement by a so-called "teacher"! Could that be another nominee for The Skeksy Award?
Josh:
Love it deo!
IainB:
TaoPhoenix:
Wait Iain, is that part of a Lost episode? 8)
IainB:
Wait Iain, is that part of a Lost episode? 8)
-TaoPhoenix (April 09, 2012, 10:46 AM)
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Har-de-har. ;)
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