Standing for Crucial Considering and Progress
by Terrell Heick
At TeachThought, we’ve got at all times targeted on selling crucial pondering cross to be used in ‘human’ functions–specifically, folks (i.e., training stakeholders) and locations (i.e., communities).
Our mission has been apolitical by design—centered on bettering thought, training, and human potential with out aligning with political ideologies or factions.
Nonetheless, latest occasions in the US have made remaining solely apolitical a luxurious we are able to not afford.
The Concept of Liberalism in Training
This brings us to the thought of liberalism.
To be clear, ‘liberalism,’ just isn’t ‘Democratic occasion as we use the time period. Fairly, it’s meant for philosophical, apolitical that means: a dedication to cause, freedom, equality, range, and the assumption within the potential for progress.
Liberalism, on this sense, prioritizes open-mindedness and values dialogue, inquiry, and self-determination—all inherently central to training itself.
Training seeks to empower people, enabling them to assume critically, embrace studying, and higher themselves and their communities.
These are liberal beliefs—not in a partisan context however as mental ideas foundational to information, democracy, and justice.
Why Take A ‘Stance’ At All?
It’s not possible to champion crucial pondering whereas staying silent about efforts to suppress particular person thought, scale back range, dismantle crucial federal departments, and resist the very progress training goals to maintain.
The present circumstances demand resistance to insurance policies that undermine civil liberties, problem inclusivity, and threaten the foundations of training itself.
A Name for Crucial Considering
I/we oppose measures that prohibit inquiry, diminish range, and compromise the integrity of training.
As a corporation, we attempt to advertise and advocate for:
Crucial Considering: The flexibility to query, analyze, and synthesize information within the face of rising misinformation and partisanship.
Range (Cultural and Mental): A recognition that inclusivity enriches studying, creativity, and group understanding.
That these concepts can be in any respect controversial may converse to the necessity for them to be advocated for and supported.
In more and more technologically superior and socially fractured occasions, the function of crucial pondering is–properly, crucial.
Points just like the misuse of social media, politicized partisanship, and dwindling assist for public training require a response rooted in rationality, proof, and humane values.
Our Place
Whereas we stay a corporation targeted on training, our dedication to crucial pondering calls us to talk towards the circumstances eroding belief, inclusivity, and progress.
From the deliberate weakening of federal establishments to choices that restrict range and suppress entry to alternative, we stand firmly towards such measures.
The present administration’s insurance policies in the US signify a very pressing risk to those important values, and I personally am compelled to oppose them as a part of broader advocacy for training and knowledgeable, rational discourse.
Whatever the circumstance or context, our aim will emphasize the facility–and necessity– of crucial pondering in navigating the challenges of our time whereas sustaining respect for various voices, experiences, and beliefs.
Terrell Heick
Director, TeachThought
