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Partially as a result of the first factor, and partially as a consequence of the rise of constructivist thought in pedagogy, the educational system fails to teach students about the march of human knowledge. Students are not given adequate background in basic logic and classical thought, and are thus not able to assess modern-day issues in their appropriate context. Their lack of training in logic leads to obvious complications. This also creates the problem that students are unable to engage when they are taken away from familiar ground...
...compilation of 14 specialized chapters written by 15 college students from various schools across the country, including four from Harvard. Melissa L. Dell ’05, a senior in Winthrop house and the managing editor of the book, wrote the Standardized Test chapter with an eye for basic facts: “In high school, my guidance counselor thought the SAT was out of 3,600 points...
...know the basic fact is that Israel has accepted [President Bush’s road map for peace] publicly and must follow it...Israel acknowledges the need to create a Palestinian state. It is up to the Palestinians and the problem with the Palestinians is that they don’t take their own fate in their own hands...
...matter of majority rule. It is equally predicated on the principle of self-governance, the idea that we the citizenry can and should ultimately be calling the shots. But for all the rhetoric about patriotism in this country, too few citizens are equipped to engage in that single most basic act of self-governance—voting...
...Iraq. Iran launched its program at a time when its three most immediate enemies - the U.S., Israel and Saddam Hussein's Iraq - all held, or were in the process of developing, a strategic nuclear threat. And the drive for strategic parity with (or superiority over) rivals is a basic instinct of all nation-states...