geographile<p>I went to an alternative boarding school that was exactly what I needed at the time but wasn&#39;t very strong academically, and aside from decent history and Civics I missed a lot of foundational learning. On the other hand, I learned really good <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/criticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criticalThinking</span></a> skills and those have underpinned my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>learning</span></a> as an adult. As a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/homeschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>homeschool</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/parent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>parent</span></a> of a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/2E" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>2E</span></a> kid with specific and unusual <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academic</span></a> needs, I consider critical thinking to be the absolute <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/foundational" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foundational</span></a> knowledge that we cannot do without and everything else scaffolds on top of that.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/@professorhank/110687859977515678" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfba.social/@professorhank/110</span><span class="invisible">687859977515678</span></a></p>