Those standards must reflect critical thinking skills and the ability to apply knowledge to new and challenging contexts, skills that today's students will need to work in teams and collaborate across companies, communities and continents.

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The feature, which works via GPS and updates almost immediately, has the addictive ability to reveal what nearby people are thinking.

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Second, and most importantly, allowing people to rely on these excuses destroys our critical thinking ability.

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Intuitive thinking is the ability to take what you may sense or perceive to be true and, without knowledge or evidence, appropriately factor it in to the final decision.

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