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Old 04-23-2012, 08:10   #6
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Originally Posted by dennisw View Post
This is an interesting perspective. I thought the purpose of education was to educate, to enlighten, not to prevent folks from seeing the world in black and white. I guess when you're truly educated, everything contains ambiguity. Memo to self, there are no right answers. Hey, I feel smarter already. I mean, I might feel smarter already.
I don't think she's saying that - I think the point she's trying to make is that, in reality, both exist; that to view the world entirely in one or the other can be dangerously misleading, particularly to those who practice the profession of arms, and an honest PME system should challenge its pupils to realize both.

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