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[quote=Anonymous]11:48, I am baffled and bewildered at how you could ever possibly think your DC would be "behind" in STEM at BASIS. NO other school in DC (and that includes Deal and Latin) offers the math acceleration, LEAP science, the number of AP science courses, et cetera that BASIS does. NONE, not even close. BASIS spends at least 9 hours a week on science, from 5th grade on. BASIS gives students a very solid and strong foundational knowledge AS WELL AS critical thinking skills. I can tell you that my DC is becoming quite adept at deconstructing arguments and rhetoric, through logic, analysis, and recognizing fallacies - all critical thinking skills that BASIS has been teaching. What you seem to not understand is that critical thinking without also having foundational knowledge and content is virtually useless. How could anyone ever think critically about something they don't really have any meaningful knowledge of? It's putting the cart before the horse.[/quote]
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