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Critical and Creative Thinking

7/18/2017

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Hello Friends, Colleagues, and Neighbors,
 
Just a few thoughts on this Tuesday afternoon. 
 
I cannot express how important critical and creative thinking is.  Over the course of the last few weeks, I have spent a lot of time thinking about confirmation bias.  Confirmation bias, the idea that any new evidence that we find fits in with our pre-existing beliefs and we force it to do so, is riddled with fraught.  We have stopping thinking about issues and only think about being correct.  We ignore evidence, disregard contrary opinions, and push aside conversations that are uncomfortable. 
 
Do we want our children to be able to think, to analyze, to conceptualize, to evaluate, and to truly understand issues?  Or do we want to continue with the oversimplification of ideas, the adherence to conformity of opinion, and blind compliance?
 
As someone that has had many a discussion online that has just become a rehash of the same arguments and the attachments of the same evidence, I know that we can do more.  Our schools need to teach critical thought, debate, and how to have a meaningful discussion about subjects that matter.
 
With the overwhelming amount of testing, we are creating a generation that can read and write, but has nothing to discuss. 
 
As a member of the Columbia County School Board, I will fight to decrease the influence of testing and bring our schools back to a place where critical and creative thinking is paramount. 
 
My name is Andrew Kemp and I am running for the School Board of Columbia County, Georgia.
 
-Drew
 
http://gofundme.com/kemp4ccboe/

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8/25/2019 05:11:20 am

Some say that being a critical and creative thinker is important when you are still a student. I bet to disagree. Everyday is always a chance for you to unleash your creativity. You may get several opportunities while exerting it, so stay as you are and you will get a lot of benefits from it! Most of the time, you can practice being creative and critical through writing that's why you need to dwell on writing as much as you can!

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    With the exception of a year, I have been a teacher or a student for my entire life.  I have taught on many different levels.  I have been a middle school teacher (okay, for one semester for student teaching...because of this, I have a profound respect for middle school teachers), high school, undergraduates and graduate students.  I have coached soccer in youth leagues and high school.  Education is in my blood.

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