There has been arguments on weather or not that reasoning skills should be taught in primary schools. Reasoning skills are the ability to improve memory and comprehension. Teaching this in primary or elementary schools is a challenging accomplishment. But I do think that it can be done. The kids are to young and there brains are still growing so the more that they can try to learn especially at a young age will greatly improve there skills.
       I read an a review by Eric Jabal on Nelson Thornes book Teaching Kids to Learn and Teaching Kids How to think. Both of these books talk about how kids need to learn for themselves and think for themselves at a young age. Jabal says “These second editions read excellently as companion texts and are both valuable additions to the bookshelves of researchers” (Jabal) The one quote by Thornes that really stuck out to me was “the thinking child is a learning child”http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev515.htm.
       The second reason that I think that children should be learning reasoning skills is so that they can start preparing themselves for the life's they are meant to lead. The world is becoming a more harsh place and every year its becoming harder and harder to find a job. They need to start realizing at a younger age that college is the way to go. Reasoning skills will greatly improve there comprehension and understanding of the necessity for today’s society. Today more and more jobs are requiring a college degree of some sort. Soon enough the greater majority of jobs will require one. For this reason I believe that we should start teaching our kids the reasoning skills they need ass soon as we can. The more they comprehend they better of they will be.
       The children of today are our future leaders of tomorrow. The more they know the greater things they will accomplish and they can better the world with the knowledge and understanding that they have obtained by just learning reasoning skills at a younger age. If this happens it will greater benefit all of us.