What SHOULD be taught in schools?

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Does "criticism" mean something other than "discussing negatively"?

from krinein "to separate, decide" (from PIE root *krei- "to sieve," thus "discriminate, distinguish") (etymonline)

The English word always has had overtones of "censurer, faultfinder, one who judges severely."

Hmm. So the original word was more like "having good judgement"? Perhaps a synonym to "analytic thinking"?

[–]AFutureConcern 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, think of an art critic or movie critic, there's nothing inherently negative about their criticism. Critical theory, though... that is pure deconstruction of society. Purely negative.