Dear Thinkers,

Recent test results have shown that American students aren’t very good at telling fact from opinions. But don’t feel too bad–American adults are pretty bad at it too!

We live in a world that is so jam-packed full of information that it’s hard to make heads or tails of. When I was a kid waiting in line at the grocery store, there were only a few magazines and they were mostly about batboy. I knew those were made up.

But now there are a lot of magazines about how I can easily lose weight in 3 simple steps. And although I know those are also made up as well, I really, really want to believe them.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck