blackwidow wrote:So nothing specific?
There are plenty of specifics in the Nuckols article I referenced.
blackwidow wrote:So nothing specific?
blackwidow wrote:My point in presenting these links was to show that making school kids write a compare and contrast essay is not "the End of America". I am quite certain that if the essay was about comparing Obama to a socialist dictator it would be an equal reaction from Obama supporters.
And I would be here posting those essays as well, though I am sure dugout dad would be more than eager to fulfill that job instead of me.
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blackwidow wrote:My point in presenting these links was to show that making school kids write a compare and contrast essay is not "the End of America". I am quite certain that if the essay was about comparing Obama to a socialist dictator it would be an equal reaction from Obama supporters.
And I would be here posting those essays as well, though I am sure dugout dad would be more than eager to fulfill that job instead of me.
blackwidow wrote:Since you have not read the book nor watched the presentation, you cannot possibly debate me on the facts of the presentation.
You are relying on
A the authors interpretation of Ms. Wolf's book and presentation.
B you form an agreement of his interpretation even though you have not read the primary source.
C his criticism therefore becomes yours?
Of course, I've also presented additional authors using the same criteria and they have come up with strikingly similar comparisons.
Hardly an exercise in critical thinking but okay.
Thinking is hard.
My point in presenting these links was to show that making school kids write a compare and contrast essay is not "the End of America". I am quite certain that if the essay was about comparing Obama to a socialist dictator it would be an equal reaction from Obama supporters.
And I would be here posting those essays as well, though I am sure dugout dad would be more than eager to fulfill that job instead of me.
Dugout Dad wrote:blackwidow wrote:My point in presenting these links was to show that making school kids write a compare and contrast essay is not "the End of America". I am quite certain that if the essay was about comparing Obama to a socialist dictator it would be an equal reaction from Obama supporters.
And I would be here posting those essays as well, though I am sure dugout dad would be more than eager to fulfill that job instead of me.
Nope, I would also consider that comparison wrong, even though such an assignment would never be given.
I think a better assignment would be comparing Hitler and his quest for the supreme race and ISIS and their quest for domination with their notion of a supreme religion. Many similarities. But we know the progressive school system would never allow such a comparative assignment.