Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. —Margaret Mead
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

Margaret Mead cultural anthropologist

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This should be stamped on the front of every school k-12 nationwide and worldwide

Thomas Stroud from Columbia, MO, October 10, 2024

Do all adults know the difference between what to think and how to think?

Obum Mokeme from London, UK., June 13, 2019

This is so simple and so obvious! Let us as parents, grandparents and educators take it to task!

Anonymous, June 13, 2019

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