Earlier this year, we asked you what you wish you'd learned in school, but didn't.

This week we're going back to class and diving into topics you asked for in our latest series

in case you missed it.

As part of our series, we'll talk about civics and finance and nutrition, but today we're

getting into all that you didn't learn about media literacy.

I'm Jen White.

We're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

I think they need to teach critical thinking in school, and it should be a separate unit,

but it should be applied throughout all the other classes in history and science.

It applies to everything and part of the problem we have, I think, in society and general

as people accept what they're told without questioning it.

That's a problem because clearly people are told lies.

Tammy, thanks for that message.

Now Tammy was one of many listeners who wished they'd learned more about critical thinking

and media literacy.

Critical thinking skills are at the heart of media literacy, and there's a movement

to make media literacy a requirement in high schools across the country.

After the break, we'll discuss the law Illinois past last year requiring media literacy

in all high schools.

But what exactly is media literacy?

And if you didn't learn it in school, what do you need to know now?

A reminder to have your questions answered on future topics or just to let us know what

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