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Re:Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (... by droithomme on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:03PM (#18875494)
> I think it's a shame that a teacher would mislead a child the way yours did.

I had a really good teacher who would sometimes tell us particularly absurd things to see if we would figure it out and contradict her. When we did she would remind us that we should think for ourselves and not accept at face value claims just because they were presented by an authority figure.

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Re:Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (... by stallmanite on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:11PM (#18875585)
I do this with my son all the time to see if he’s listening / get him to think critically. I always let him know if he doesn’t catch on though so he’s not misinformed.
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