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		<title>How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democracy literally means rule by the people. Yet in practice, democracy means that the important decisions within a society are made through public discussions, often among elected representatives. To play a productive role in political discussions, you need a set of skills that do not come naturally, which is why they have traditionally been taught &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2016/11/20/how-language-arts-teachers-will-save-democracy/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“Most Schooling is Just Training for Stupidity and Conformity”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here’s a disturbing comment from Noam Chomsky, the foremost intellectual in the United States: Chomsky&#160;praises good teachers but warns us that “most schooling is just training for stupidity and conformity, and there are institutional reasons for that.… There are plenty of people who don’t want students to think. They are afraid of the ‘crisis of &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/17/most-schooling-is-just-training-for-stupidity-and-conformity/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "“Most Schooling is Just Training for Stupidity and Conformity”"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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