Chimamanda does an excellent job in this TED video of describing the problems with only getting a single side of a story. When we fail to fully examine a situation we eventually end up with only a single version of the story. If we want to make informed decisions about the many topics and ideas that we are asked about daily we need to strive for a fuller understanding. Instead of giving students blanket statements that are based off of evidence we heard during a sound bit, we should dig deeper and have our students dig into questions and stories that they want to know more about. With the wealth of information available now it is a shame that we continue to take a single source as truth when we could explore and learn more with only a couple clicks of the mouse.
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Mr. BrooksI am currently a Teacher Candidate at San Dieguito Academy. I completed my BS in Mathematics at CSUSM in May of 2014. Archives
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