WITH SILENT PRAYER, A LESSON IN THINKING

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 2, 1993                   TAG: 9302020336
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
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WITH SILENT PRAYER, A LESSON IN THINKING
EVERYBODY wants to tell others what to think, but they overlook the most critical aspect: We need to ensure that people know how to think before we overload them with what to think.
Educators need to place more emphasis on the teaching of how to think. For starters, they could involve the use of silent prayers, not as a religious indoctrination but as an underlying part of a lesson in how to think.
Thinking is what permits us to see that most social problems have two or more solutions and that compromise is needed if they are to be resolved harmoniously.
Teaching students how to think through the use of silent prayer would be one answer to those demanding prayer in school, and would be nondisruptive and nonvociferous.
FRANKLIN M. RIDENOUR\ ROANOKE

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB