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“My flag looks like the original American flag. The red stands for blood and the blue stripes stand for the original colonies. The difference is that it is warped. There isonly one star because America is self-centered.”
--6th grade student artist’s own words written in Dec., 2005
This flag was exhibited on a bulletin board in 2005 at Capital Hill Gifted and Talented Magnet Shool in St. Paul. The student, who was in the 6th grade when he/she made this , is now a Senior in High School. Previously I did not want to name the school for fear that it might alert federal agents to investigate and intimidate the teacher or the school for being "anti-american"! That was 6 years ago though . . Great debate below that deals with issues such as brainwashing kids with liberal political propaganda and patriotism, etc. Read on and make a comment!
A poster created for our English language arts and social studies departments (humanities) to use in their classroom, as well as in the library.
A high school student contemplates an assignment in precalculus class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
The image depicts my deep critical thinking and the challenging Research questions generated during the first two weeks of the #edcmooc
The image is derivative work from Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com available at www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/7224617748/
Many thanks to Mike for his creative work!
Red Herring Explanation:
The red herring is as much a debate tactic as it is a logical fallacy. It is a fallacy of distraction, and is committed when a listener attempts to divert an arguer from his argument by introducing another topic. This can be one of the most frustrating, and effective, fallacies to observe.
The fallacy gets its name from fox hunting, specifically from the practice of using smoked herrings, which are red, to distract hounds from the scent of their quarry. Just as a hound may be prevented from catching a fox by distracting it with a red herring, so an arguer may be prevented from proving his point by distracting him with a tangential issue.
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
- Thomas Szasz, author, professor of psychiatry (15 Apr 1920-2012)
Here is an example of a common logical fallacy known as the Appeal to authority or Argument from authority, formally known as argumentum ad verecundium, (Latin: argument to respect) or ipse dixit (Latin: he himself said it).
The most general structure of this argument runs something like the following:
Person A claims that P
Person A is a respected scientist or other authority
Therefore, P is true.
No person or the creation of a persons mind, shall judge the, with attempts to contol ones mind.
Jason.K 2017
A student journals her response to a writing prompt in a tenth-grade English class. images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah deleted tweets he posted after a gunman assassinated Minnesota Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and seriously wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. One of those tweets said, "This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way." The alleged assailant, Vance Boelter, voted for Trump in 2024. Lee's tweets are the kind of cruelty that divides us. He was asked to take them down or resign. It took him three days to remove them.
Democratic Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota told Lee, "I thought it was brutal and cruel. He should think about the implications of what he’s saying and doing. It just further fuels this hatred and misinformation."
Comparing the Democratic Party to Marxism is ridiculous. The Senator needs to learn what Marxism really is and how to think critically. And I know just the books for him.
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Follow the history of our country's political intransigence from 2010 to 2020 through a eight-part exhibit of these posters on Google Arts & Culture.
A seventh-grade students reads a book in Sutton Middle School’s library. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Free to use with references.
See article for context:
Why Top Atheist Apologists Avoid Logic Like the Plague
templestream.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-top-atheist-apologi...
A high school girl mixes chemicals during a chemistry experiment. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
No wonder college graduates are more likely to be non-believers than those without a post-secondary education.
A middle school teacher listens during a team planning session. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
A sixth-grade student cuts out materials for a project about math and music. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Deeper learning prepares students to master academic content, think critically, and solve complex problems. images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
A group of elementary students examine a leaf picked from their school garden. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Three students discuss a culture lesson during their Spanish-language class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Ninth-grade students assemble a robot at MC2 STEM High School. images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
Craig Venter gave a fascinating talk at our CEO Summit with topics ranging from genetic alchemy to panspermia.
Looking out across the rows of awe-struck tables in the room, Craig reminded me of the bright sledgehammer thrower in the Apple 1984 commercial. One CEO told me he could feel his mental models of the world shifting in real time.
I hosted a wine reception with Craig and the companies focused on microbial engineering. Simon on the right is from the DFJ Brazil office, where they have a keen interest in the bio-energy revolution.
We, as Americans, live in a time and place where Art, Education, Science, and the Truth are demonized.
I will NEVER give up my right to Freedom of Speech or Freedom of Expression. I encourage all Artists, Educators, Scientists, and Truth Seekers to also never give in.
#Resist
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A group of elementary students examine the plants in their school garden. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
Students in Skyline High School’s Green Energy Pathway build a solar-powered boat for an upcoming race. images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
Petroleum makes the world go round, doesn't it...
If this were a "Tardis" (a magical phone booth for transporting "Dr. Who") all of our transportation fantasies could come true! Maybe Algore will start working on that soon so we can all be saved from our Doomsday devices. Until then... "Fill 'er up!"
A question for you to ponder... If all the polar ice melted, would it be enough to flood the planet? Do you really believe it could? Let's leave aside the calculations about the mass of the ice versus the size of the planet for absorption of all that liquid runoff, because it's at least partially irrelevant and easy enough for even a child to prove. When's the last time you had a cup of ice water overflow because the ice melted? Ever happened to you? The proposition that polar ice melting will flood the planet could hardly be more absurd. Anyone with a glass of ice water can see it for themselves. Admittedly this only accounts for the seaborn ice that's not over the land, yet the seaborn ice is a huge factor in the overall equation accounting for from thousands to tens of thousands of square miles of ice.
Algore would've had a coronary if he'd have been around at the end of the last Ice Age wouldn't he have? All that "man made" global warming with neither a computer, nor a microphone with which to convince the lowly peons of their imminent demise. Only God knows how mankind has ever made it this far without having to move our huts out of the rising salt water. Ohhhh... maybe we just moved the huts. My bad! (...or did all "intelligent" life die at the end of the last Ice Age?)
The earth has a well established history of repeating itself in it's weather patterns, which demonstrates that it heals itself and finds an equilibrium. We've gone from warming periods to Ice Ages and back again. If it could be proven that we are in "another" warming trend, it wouldn't be a cause for alarm. Our life spans just aren't long enough to see both ends of the cycle so we are easily manipulated by the so called experts. The fact is that in the '70's they were telling us we were bringing the next Ice Age upon ourselves by our car driving/polluting ways. In all fairness, I might have missed an Ice Age between then and now... I've been known to miss things like that when I wasn't paying attention. We're a lot smarter now though, aren't we?
The "hypothetical" problem is a "manufactured" political problem about how to deal with lost titles to land (political boundaries)... it's not an environmental problem. It's about the "hypothetical" problem of people being displaced from their property by rising sea levels. I don't know anyone stupid enough to drown because they couldn't figure out how to move to higher ground. Do you know anyone like that? Think about the presumptions that have been made about your level of intelligence in order to convince you of the danger of "man made" global warming. Do they think we're daft? I think they just might... I think they're counting on it.
So... What about all this talk about "Carbon Dioxide"?
We need greenhouse gases to survive on this planet. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. They taught us in school that plants need Carbon Dioxide to live, and that they need it as humans need Oxygen to live. This is a truly symbiotic relationship. This is not a parasitic relationship. If it were a parasitic relationship we would only take and and give nothing in return. We would only drain the life out of the host organism until it died (or we died). Plants clean the air for humans, humans clean the air for plants. If we stopped producing CO2 (that's what we exhale along with animals and cars) plant life could die. It's a symbiotic relationship that we have. To add a little bit of "green" parlance to the discussion feel free to substitute the word "sustainable" for the word "symbiotic" as in this case the connotations are consistent.
Methane is another greenhouse gas that humans produce along with animals, rice paddies, and volcanoes. Yes, rice paddies produce greenhouse gases! There, I said it! Even some plant life and the earth itself produce greenhouses gases and then we have all the animals that are producing greenhouse gases 24 hours a day, 7 days a week right alongside us. Greenhouse gases are to plants what strawberry syrup is to humans! How could you even think of depriving plant life of such a treat? Have a heart! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_field
Ready for another greenhouse gas? How about "water vapor"? That's right, water vapor is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases are a vital part of the process of photosynthesis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis maintains livable conditions for both plants and humans. Yes, we "need" greenhouse gases to live in this world as we know it. I shouldn't be so presumptuous about what you were taught in school... Maybe these were "Inconvenient Truths" that were never taught in your classroom. Maybe they were too busy teaching propaganda films. We've long joked about politicians who would tax us on the air we breathe if they could only figure out how to do it. Think about that, let it sink in... "Our" politicians (yours and mine) are trying to tax us on the air we breathe! Do you support them in this? Are you doing it "for the children"? Are you being manipulated???
If your friends could use a refresher on common sense send them here! ...and don't allow the politicians to steal both your tax money and your common sense!
Everyone join in! Three cheers for critical thinking skills! Pass them on! Just do it quick; they tell us that soon we'll be up to our eyeballs in seawater!
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A seventh-grade student reads a book in the library stacks at Sutton Middle School. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
A student contemplates her response to a writing prompt in English class. **THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED TO REMOVE OR OBSCURE STUDENT IDENTITIES.** images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
A seventh-grade student receives help from his teacher with an English project. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
A first-grade student helps a classmate work through a math assignment. images.all4ed.org/ PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages