More platitudes. I didn't say that "kids" need to be entertained. Entertainment can turn you into a passive recipient. True learning requires you to be an active collaborator in the process, not a mute copier-downer sitting on your arse sucking in "facts." A good classroom with a skilled and enthusiastic teacher provides the context. And that "classroom" isn't four walls either. Reason and logic have making connections as their sine qua non. You have to do that for yourself, you have to be enthused, and it's hard but pleasant work. Society's resource-poor prescription for what should be taught and how makes even the keenest teacher's job ten times more difficult. That's what's up. Suggesting lessons on thinking, reason and logic are suggesting sticking plasters.