On the opinion vs. fact debate I totally disagree with the school's definitions. I've always held that a statement of fact is one that necessitates a judgement about its truth. That is, the statement is true or untrue in an objective sense. Whereas opinions are statements of the kind that could not be judged to be true or false in an objective sense. Statements of morality could be judged to be true or false (and thus statements of fact) if they meet a very high standard. That is, if everyone agrees that a particular act is immoral, then we can say that that it is a matter of fact (functionally) that the act in question is immoral. I suppose the problem is that there is a lot of grey area, and that grey are seems counter intuitive when discussing 'facts'. I understand that simplifying is necessary when talking to elementary school kids, but simplifying implies incomplete information, not incorrect information. Saying that things you believe are matters of opinion is very much incorrect.