The difference between being well read and critical thinking…
3 years ago
“Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. The value of an education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.” ~ George Carlin
Charles Tadros, M.D.
July 2, 2023
Saint Louis, Missouri
COMING TO DEFINITIVE CONCLUSIONS AFTER “DOING RESEARCH” DOES NOT MAKE US AN EXPERT, AND IT DOES NOT MAKE US RIGHT. WHAT OUR INTELLECTUAL LABOR QUALIFIES US TO DO IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND JARGON, TO ASK BETTER QUESTIONS, TO THINK MORE CRITICALLY, TO UNDERSTAND ANSWERS AND OPINIONS MORE EASILY, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO ASK EVEN BETTER FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. Date August 6, 2021 In relation to answers SCIENCE, SCIENTISTS, PHYSICIANS, AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS ARE MISSING AN UNPARALLELED, REAL-WORLD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR US ALL, DURING THE SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, ONGOING PANDEMIC. AN EVEN BETTER COURSE THAN GOVERNMENT DICTUMS AND NEWS MEDIA SOUND BITES, IS THIS EXCEPTIONAL TIME TO TEACH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT: U.S. AND WORLD HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, NEWS AND OTHER INFORMATION MEDIA, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, POLITICS, MANUFACTURING, SUPPLY CHAIN, SHIPPING, AIR TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, BIOLOGY, ANIMAL SCIENCE, VIROLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, GERM/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, IMMUNOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE, CARDIOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, PULMONOLGY, CRITICAL CARE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, HOSPICE, MENTAL HEALTH, GENETICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND STATISTICS (just to name a few areas affected by the pandemic) Date July 5, 2022 In relation to educating A LITTLE BIT, EVERY DAY: DO, LEARN, CHANGE/ADJUST, LEAD, TEACH! Date September 23, 2021 In relation to change
