Should adults be allowed to indoctrinate children in any way they choose?

Article Abstract:

Professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research, New York, NY, Nicholas Humphrey supports the idea of universal scientific education as a means of encouraging children to exercise their powers of understanding to arrive at their own beliefs. Society has a moral duty to protect children against indoctrination and to provide them with education in learning from observation, hypothesis testing, experiment, constructive doubt and critical thinking. Science does not dictate but represents a set of beliefs that reasonable people, given the opportunity, would choose for themselves.

Sciences education, Science education, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Humphrey, Nicholas

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Will they give him their all

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The social status of a patient may affect the quality of their treatment in US emergency rooms. The presence of relatives often meant the medical staff tried harder to revive seriously ill patients. Some procedures may be omitted for the old. The number of staff working on a patient may also differ according to the age of a patient. Some 23 members of staff worked on reviving a baby whilst the average for other patients, needing resuscitation, is around four to eight medical staff. Research into 112 resuscitation attempts found only one patient survived and left hospital.

Health aspects, United States, Practice, Emergency medical services, Hospitals, Hospital emergency services, Emergency medical personnel

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Give their grammar a fine-tuning

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Issues relating to the importance of grammar and its correct use are examined from the point of view that incorrect use of grammar and language can make a person's meaning difficult to understand. It is argued that correct spelling, appropriate style and correct grammar generally goes unnoticed, it is only when the rules of spelling, grammar and style are not adhered to that it becomes noticeable and, therefore, meaning finds itself in danger of being lost.

Usage, Grammar, Comparative and general, Grammar, Educational aspects

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