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[–]Rationalmind 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, sadly a commonplace a behavior. Then the problem is made worse when you look at the comments from the people replying to this person’s Twitter nonsense as if the person is speaking facts. Those people will likely go on to further repeat false information that continues down the chain. It’s the embodiment of the childhood game of telephone. It’s really a shame.

I will say the IB program is great at forcing kids to read and analyze primary documents. For those students exposed, it requires them to learn how to seek and evaluate the original source rather than to repeat tertiary commentary. However, not enough children are exposed to this approach to critical thought.