Opinion Your Opinion: Understand CRT before teaching or tolerating it Dear Editor: I was at the Jefferson City School Board meeting on July 13. It was apparent very few at the meeting including the board and Superintendent Larry Linthicum knew the difference between critical thinking and critical race theory (CRT). Jul. 20 2021 @ 11:05pm Les Kampen Dear Editor: I was at the Jefferson City School Board meeting on July 13. It was apparent very few at the meeting including the board and Superintendent Larry Linthicum knew the difference between critical thinking and critical race theory (CRT). Somehow the meanings of each were getting mixed up with the definition of the other; in reality, they are two separate concepts headed in opposite directions.