Tuesday, February 12, 2008
youth- from secondary 1 to jc/poly
does the youth of today lack critical thinking skills?
it's true that a portion of singapore youth could not tell right from wrong. this could be seen from the fact that they take in information on the internet without digesting them or investigate their creditbility.as such, they are often misled.
just what is critical thinking skills? just being able to tell right from wrong?if that's so,it's not just the youth of today that lacks it. even the adults who proclaim that the youths lack the skills do not have it, so do they really have the right to say the youth do not have the skills?
from the crimes that's happening around the world,one could easily see that adults are committing crimes too.if they are committing crimes and doing the wrong things,they can't be capable of differeciate right from wrong.
one may say that that's only one portion of the adults who do not have the skills,not all so it should not be used as evidence that adults could not tell right from wrong either.it will be overly general. However this is what the adults or the professionals are doing as of now, terming the small portion of young people who lack the critical thinking skills as youth. isn't this discrimination toward all students? so what's the difference?
to be continued...
signing off~~~
Blogged @ 6:18 PM
