I upvoted this comment, because I’m interested in hearing a dissenting view on this, but … I find this to be pretty poor dissent.
You should tone down your accusations, and especially make them more precise—on the face of it, I’m not sure to what extent the things that you’re saying (like “the pressure to integrate classes when the kids are unprepared is huge”) actually contradict the OP, as opposed to merely being evidence that supports a different interpretation (and you’ll find arguments for both sides on any disagreement).
Mostly, from my French point of view, I’m seeing American politics cloud up issues here, and I would much rather see a dispassionate discussion of the facts rather than flinging accusations back and forth. Too much “THIS IS A LIE AND YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS”, not enough “this particular specific statement appears to be false, and here is why”.
Likewise upvoted, likewise would prefer higher-quality criticism.
Given how incredibly important education is and how few citations there are here (at the moment, from both ‘sides’), forgetting to actually think about something for five minutes before updating your beliefs would be a very bad idea.
I upvoted this comment, because I’m interested in hearing a dissenting view on this, but … I find this to be pretty poor dissent.
You should tone down your accusations, and especially make them more precise—on the face of it, I’m not sure to what extent the things that you’re saying (like “the pressure to integrate classes when the kids are unprepared is huge”) actually contradict the OP, as opposed to merely being evidence that supports a different interpretation (and you’ll find arguments for both sides on any disagreement).
Mostly, from my French point of view, I’m seeing American politics cloud up issues here, and I would much rather see a dispassionate discussion of the facts rather than flinging accusations back and forth. Too much “THIS IS A LIE AND YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS”, not enough “this particular specific statement appears to be false, and here is why”.
Likewise upvoted, likewise would prefer higher-quality criticism.
Given how incredibly important education is and how few citations there are here (at the moment, from both ‘sides’), forgetting to actually think about something for five minutes before updating your beliefs would be a very bad idea.