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Two myths and the first one is that the quran and the -- quran, especially is the unairing word of allah passed down 1400 years memorization and word much mouth to what we currently have. not con stransd by the historical context that the men who wrote it and interpreted it lived in at the time. those two ideas get attacked by clerics who are more progressive and more moderate in their interpretation. ainsley: i agree with you. its better than nothing. maybe it will work on a few of them. that g...

The possibility for a real tragedy caused by reckless actions by this president of the united states. >> intelligence is hard to measure. it might be impossible to measure. iq tests were an attempt to evaluate students intelligence when donald trump was a kid but theyve been largely abandoned because its a fluid brain function that cannot be reliably captured for everyone in any test. s.a.t. tests are really just tests of knowledge, not intelligence. you can memorize your very high scores on s.a...

Thing of we dont liking the police. >> and sometimes they say hi back. kids say hi, moms say hi, kids say hi. >> is that more unusual? >> yeah, it is. say hi to this guy, don. >> hi. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> its always nice to get that response back. tell me, how do you like to learn? songs are my favorite! ooh! elmo likes songs! puzzles! me love puzzles. well..puzzles are a great memorization too- dinosaurs! yess!!!! puppies!

Puzzles! me love puzzles. well..puzzles are a great memorization too- dinosaurs! yess!!!! puppies! ooh! i love puppies! so do, i. actually...pets can teach important lessons abou- dancing! elmo loves to dance. okay then, lets dance. (everybody cheers) yeah baby!

Do they have a point or another example of parents coddling their kid? >> parent and former teacher whitney neal and school counselor tom kersey. >> thanks for having us. >> whitney, joy being sucked out of the classroom. is that a valid excuse for the parents? >> i think so. not just the students but the teach erps. when you have an experience -- it reduces the amount of time that teachers can give kids the opportunities to deepen learning, get excited about the content because their driving in...

League degrees and mbas and law degrees than i can count. you have a very smart son. is it overdone? do you think the president has a point or there is an agenda going on here? >> i think there are several things going on. one, the unions are throwing their weight around. two, there is an astounding, horrifying, terrifying racial gap in achievement on the nations standardized testing. i think the obama administration wants to try to cover that up. three, there is a complete misunderstanding abou...

Question to you, were constantly comparing ourselves to civilizations and societies that were not based on capitalism and creativity like we are in the united states. were just not about memorization. it is about entrepreneurship and keeping spirit of creativity alive. programs like common core kill that. what you you think? >> i think that is a great point. make false comparison with us and chinese and us and indians. these are the not societies a the least based on historically equal opportuni...

Youve said in the past its a ponzi scheme. >> i like to take a look at some of the best moments in previous debates, learn from my colleagues, see how they handled it. i think thats a useful experience. >> a lot of that stuff gets changed at the last second or even during the debate, the ebb and flow of it you can never really quite predict. thats what makes it exciting. >> your goal is to help make the voter out there a little bit smarter on where these candidates stand. >> your preparations sh...

Have you ever watched a 3-year-old do aputer? they go right to it. play with it. thats problem solving. thats creative thinking. the other is wrote memorization. we are actually quite good at the problem solving stuff. there is some evidence that the brains are being recircuited. >> so kasey thinks old people are dumb and young people are smart. what do you think? do you agree? >> i would go with that. >> how old are you? >> 40. >> the world is a more affluent place. you are much less likely to ...

A writer who has the same effect as huff glue has a list of skills your grand parents had that you dont. cooking from scratch, ironing really well, haggling, meeting people without the internet and not letting women vote. i added that last one. but it is the truth. when jfk said we could get to the moon we got to the moon even though will ron doesnt believe it happened. is a similar effect happening? we focus on abstract thinking and on the internet and get better at things like that. >> we get ...