Texas Republicans Oppose Critical Thinking

The 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform is a scary, scary thing.  You can link to the Republican State Convention here and then click on the platform document.

Lone Star Ma will be discussing some of the reasons, found in this document, why you should never, ever vote Republican over the next few days.  

Here is one reason, a direct quote from the 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform:

"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."

Wow.  Texas Republicans oppose teaching critical thinking.

 Officially.

Think about it.