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Last week during Thursdays block period we had an activity called a Socratic circle. in the Socratic circle we discussed a issue concerning a women who thinks there should be a change on the way information is taught to students. Kristen Gardner says," use critical-thinking skills and a variety of primary and secondary source material to explain and apply different methods that historians use to understand and interpret the past, including multiple points of view and historical context." Instead of just shoveling facts into young minds, you can teach them to use critical-thinking, to theorize, and to make-up assumptions. Students can gain more knowledge using critical-thinking. For example, instead of just knowing that the A-bomb was dropped in Japan during world war 2, students will get more understanding out of this situation by thinking on"why did president Truman decide to allow the bombs to be dropped" or "if he decided not to initiate the bombing what else could he do to resolve the war." Allowing students to think for themselves will be more beneficial towards them learning. Everyone in the Socratic circle would agree that they would much rather think and use there brain then memorize facts and regurgitate them when needed to. Who has the rights to allow or prohibit someone trying to gain knowledge on a greater level than memorization. I believe when people start learning they start making emotional bonds to that subject and start formulating opinions and when people try to stop that is just inhumane.