Standing for Crucial Pondering and Progress
by Terrell Heick
At TeachThought, we now have at all times centered on selling critical thinking cross to be used in ‘human’ purposes–particularly, individuals (i.e., training stakeholders) and locations (i.e., communities).
Our mission has been apolitical by design—centered on enhancing thought, training, and human potential with out aligning with political ideologies or factions.
Nevertheless, latest occasions in the USA have made remaining totally apolitical a luxurious we are able to now not afford.
The Concept of Liberalism in Training
This brings us to the concept of liberalism.
To be clear, ‘liberalism,’ shouldn’t be ‘Democratic occasion as we use the time period. Relatively, it’s meant for philosophical, apolitical that means: a dedication to motive, freedom, equality, variety, and the assumption within the potential for progress.
Liberalism, on this sense, prioritizes open-mindedness and values dialogue, inquiry, and self-determination—all inherently central to training itself.
Training seeks to empower people, enabling them to assume critically, embrace studying, and higher themselves and their communities.
These are liberal beliefs—not in a partisan context however as mental rules foundational to data, democracy, and justice.
Why Take A ‘Stance’ At All?
It’s unattainable to champion vital considering whereas staying silent about efforts to suppress particular person thought, scale back variety, dismantle vital federal departments, and resist the very progress training goals to maintain.
The present circumstances demand resistance to insurance policies that undermine civil liberties, problem inclusivity, and threaten the foundations of training itself.
A Name for Crucial Pondering
I/we oppose measures that prohibit inquiry, diminish variety, and compromise the integrity of training.
As a company, we try to advertise and advocate for:
Crucial Pondering: The power to query, analyze, and synthesize data within the face of rising misinformation and partisanship.
Range (Cultural and Mental): A recognition that inclusivity enriches studying, creativity, and neighborhood understanding.
That these concepts could be in any respect controversial would possibly converse to the necessity for them to be advocated for and supported.
In more and more technologically superior and socially fractured occasions, the function of vital considering is–effectively, vital.
Points just like the misuse of social media, politicized partisanship, and dwindling help for public training require a response rooted in rationality, proof, and humane values.
Our Place
Whereas we stay a company centered on training, our dedication to vital considering calls us to talk in opposition to the circumstances eroding belief, inclusivity, and progress.
From the deliberate weakening of federal establishments to choices that restrict variety and suppress entry to alternative, we stand firmly in opposition to such measures.
The present administration’s insurance policies in the USA symbolize a very pressing menace to those important values, and I personally am compelled to oppose them as a part of broader advocacy for training and knowledgeable, rational discourse.
Whatever the circumstance or context, our aim will emphasize the ability–and necessity– of vital considering in navigating the challenges of our time whereas sustaining respect for numerous voices, experiences, and beliefs.
Terrell Heick
Director, TeachThought
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