critical thinking .... or ...
comma, but . . .
a hallmark of critical thinkers is their ability to see potential consequences of
actions that escape the average on-looker of the situation. Their persistence of
adding . . .
"COMMA, BUT,"
to sentences is maddening to cursory thinkers.
here is a chance to practice this concept. Construct the "worse case scenario" ...
and look at long term possibilities of such decisions.
Sure, go ahead; I don't care if you (insert sentence below)
"COMMA, BUT,"
- pass a Constitutional Amendement that you can't burn the American flag ...
- abolish every single abortion as of September l, l996 ...
- make all teachers / students take a competency test ...
- make the teaching of evolution against the law ...
- get married and use a hypenated-name ...
- find a cure for heart disease and cancer ...
- have a democracy / not communism in Eastern Europe ...
- go to war in Iraq ... Yugoslavia ... etc.
- move back to your hometown and teach ...
- raise the speed limit to 65 mph ..
- close those catholic / religious schools ...
- establish voucher systems for parents ...
- imprison drunk drivers ...
- want to be a Pre-K-3 major at EIU ...
- ban cocaine ...
- don't wear a seat belt ...
- require AIDS test of . . .
- let parents use a voucher system
- join the marines ...
Wow -- it's amazing what consequences you can think of ---- when you think.