PinnedFrank BreslinDid School Teach You to Think or Memorize?Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think (Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 5. 38. 111). How do we know when we’re thinking and not merely…Aug 181Aug 181
PinnedFrank BreslinThree Reasons Why Public High Schools Don’t Teach Critical ThinkingThe following warning should be affixed atop every computer in America’s schools: Proceed at your own risk. Don’t accept as true what…Dec 2, 202356Dec 2, 202356
PinnedFrank Breslin13 Fallacies You May be CommittingIn our daily lives, we often sense that something is not quite right with a line of reasoning, although we aren’t quite sure what it is…Jul 291Jul 291
Frank BreslinHow Our Culture, Century, & the Media Affect Our JudgmentIn one brief moment in time on an insignificant planet in a minor galaxy, we unaccountably presume that we are the center of the universe…5h ago5h ago
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessSuppressing Truth in the ClassroomOnce upon a time over the portals of the fabled Library of Alexandria were chiseled these words: “The Hospital for the Soul.” This majestic…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslinWriters Talk about LifeThe Latin poet Ovid once said that “poets hold certain things sacred no matter how different the paths they pursue.” They come from all…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslinThe Wrong Reason for ReadingSome young people today spend so much time reading that they almost cease to exist as persons. Compared to virtually the entire younger…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessA School Should Teach You to Question & DoubtIners malorum remedium ignorantia est. Ignorance is a poor remedy for our ills (Seneca, Oedipus, 515). A charlatan continues: We beg to…1d ago1d ago
Frank BreslininAge of AwarenessEndless Distractions Outside the School Make it Hard for Students to Want to LearnWith respect to the broader educational picture in our country today, given the kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria of endless distractions that…4d ago14d ago1