Originally Posted by Unregistered

there has been a lot of hypocrisy going around for the longest time ever. the most recent one: the desire to develop critical thinking in students as one of the desired 21st CC skills. ironically, teachers are nvr allowed to be 'critical' and instead forced to accept whatever teaching resources that is thrown at them (eg the recent middle east saga). so the 'uncritical' teacher is expected to develop students to become 'critical' thinkers?

we keep coming up with excuses to defend the policy makers who gets away with so many things. this whole system of 'yes man' is a ticking time bomb, unfortunately