Many in debates, especially the education debate, call for honoring "both sides" of issues and seeking compromise. For those let me offer some basic math lessons:
The Compromise Formula:
Truth + Lie = Lie
The "Fair and Balanced" Formula:
Both Sides - Lie = Truth
Now, Compromisers, please study because there will be a test every day from now on.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Math Lessons for Compromisers
“One of the violences perpetuated by illiteracy is the suffocation of the consciousness and the expressiveness of men and women who are forbidden from reading and writing, thus limiting their capacity to write about their reading of the world so they can rethink about their original reading of it.” Paulo Freire, Teachers as Cultural Workers
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This is brilliant in its simplicity.
ReplyDeleteAs my major adviser, the late great Richard N. Current would say, "figures don't lie but liars can figure."
ReplyDeleteLogic in its most simplistic form.
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