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Nov 19, 2009 8:16 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
alina18
alina18alina18melbourne, Victoria Australia1 Threads 2 Posts
Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to encourage teenagers to be free thinkers? Why?
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Nov 19, 2009 8:18 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
amahlala
amahlalaamahlalaAberdeen, South Dakota USA21 Threads 8,314 Posts
alina18: Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to encourage teenagers to be free thinkers? Why?


Free thinkers as in being able to think for themselves and make decisions on their own? I always encouraged mine when they were teens to form their own decisions based on the facts that they had in hand and not to follow the herd mentality.
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Nov 19, 2009 8:20 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
Englishman55
Englishman55Englishman55Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK31 Threads 2 Polls 6,405 Posts
alina18: Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to encourage teenagers to be free thinkers? Why?


I think encouraging free drinkers is a good thing !! laugh
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Nov 19, 2009 8:21 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
amahlala
amahlalaamahlalaAberdeen, South Dakota USA21 Threads 8,314 Posts
Englishman55: I think encouraging free drinkers is a good thing !!


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Nov 19, 2009 8:24 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
crotalus_p
crotalus_pcrotalus_pRush, Dublin Ireland43 Threads 6 Polls 2,789 Posts
alina18: Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to encourage teenagers to be free thinkers? Why?
Of course it is a good thing free thinking is essential for progression
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Nov 19, 2009 8:26 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
alina18
alina18alina18melbourne, Victoria Australia1 Threads 2 Posts
what about relating to the movie the 'dead poets society'?
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Nov 19, 2009 8:29 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
wonderworker
wonderworkerwonderworkercosby, Tennessee USA201 Threads 2 Polls 1,883 Posts
There is no greater gift.
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Nov 19, 2009 8:30 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
crotalus_p
crotalus_pcrotalus_pRush, Dublin Ireland43 Threads 6 Polls 2,789 Posts
alina18: what about relating to the movie the 'dead poets society'?
Refresh my memory ??
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Nov 19, 2009 8:34 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
drbombay
drbombaydrbombayStaten Island, New York USA42 Threads 5,391 Posts
It's free.rolling on the floor laughing
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Nov 19, 2009 8:39 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
thewall2
thewall2thewall2montreal, Quebec Canada61 Threads 10,499 Posts
They can do think and do whatever they want as long as they don't interfere with my freedom.
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Nov 19, 2009 8:43 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
Gowanheart
GowanheartGowanheartGULFPORT, Mississippi USA3 Threads 570 Posts
crotalus_p: Of course it is a good thing free thinking is essential for progression


Agree. No progress has ever been made by those who maintain the status quo; rather, progess is made by those who rock the boat. It can be difficult to see things in fresh ways, or to put ideas into a perspective other than the one we first learned. I wish I were better at this myself.
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Nov 19, 2009 8:46 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
Medsummer09
Medsummer09Medsummer09Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur France35 Threads 7 Polls 585 Posts
sooner or later they're going to want to be paid rolling on the floor laughing

It is a good thing if there is an original thought
instead of rehashing the same ideas and old thoughts
without going beyond the concept when it was first thought
and just thwarting the progression of human thoughting...rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Nov 19, 2009 8:46 PM CST Do you think encouraging free thinkers is a good or bad thing?
friends4now
friends4nowfriends4nowMelbourne, Florida USA73 Threads 10 Polls 2,366 Posts
to encourage your teenager to think for themselves and experience for themselves is essential to becoming a healthy adult

there is only so much as a parent you can do for your children-you teach them morals and values right from wrong and respect and hope they understand that so that when they are teenagers they can learn and make decisions based on their OWN knowledge and not something the media has embedded in their brain


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