Mcbrayer's Argument Analysis

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This is a great example for proving that there is a flaw in the way schools develop he definition of a belief vs. fact; McBrayer says that schools are not using the right terms when defining these two, thus creating chaos when a child/teenager has to decide whether something is true or false, or right or wrong. He points out that the problem is that schools basically play something like the "Devil's advocate" when having a child choose whether something is a fact or a belief, when really every case is different and some facts can or cannot be proven. McBrayer also validates his argument by providing proof that he found the problem in his son's school "When I went to visit my son’s second grade open house, I found a troubling pair of signs hanging

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