When my daughter was being physically bullied by a big, fat boy in her class I ended up having a conversation with her principal that was interesting. Her principal is a short, squatty, ugly woman. I voiced my opinion that a male should NEVER place his hands on a female in violence. The principal uncloaked when she actually tried to argue with me about that. It was enlightening, chilling. She actually said I was "threatening". No. I was big and pissed off. But, to the left that's threatening...

For me real choice in schools is public vs. private. Parents that choose private should be allowed to use the school money on their real estate bill. Private school families are actually saving the public school systems tons of money. Imagine if private schools went away. All these students move into public and there is no additional money because everyone is already paying in. Another option that has gotten some attention with the pandemic is home schooling. The negative connotations for home schooling are quickly going away. Home schooling has organizations and networking that would surprise most people. Especially with a mix of online seminars home schooling is an option for parents who do not want their children in the public system.

EXACTLY!

That what I told her principal. I also added her making stuff up makes blacks look less capable.

Wow...long forgotten memory...

And yet, they miss the real history...Eli Whitney?, John Hanson, the first Black American President of the Congress in Session during the Federal period...elected unanimously.
There is so much more...they never needed to make anything up.

This is the Nick Adams I remember https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ad...

Several years ago when my daughter was in Jr high her 'teacher', a twenty something black woman, decided to provide handouts to the class for black history month. At the end of the class she had the students return the handouts, my daughter didn't and I got to see it. Needless to say it was filled with false and inaccurate history (a black inventor was responsible for the lightbulb, the comb was invented by a black person, etc.). I can't recall all of the tripe but I raised hell with the school. Nothing happened to the 'teacher'/activist.
Ive been involved with this site a long time. 'm sure somewhere on this site there is much more detail about this.

This President has a way of Making Lemonade with EVERY Batch of Lemons...

Sometimes, unfortunately, he also converts expensive champagne to Lemonade as well... But so be it!

So let it be written ...

Just so. 73 KN3D

True. Kids want to learn what interests them.

Unfortunately, they only have their brain to rely upon...propaganda creates occultation from the mind...or we could say, achievement of the mind has been eclipsed.

The power of the thinking mind...

Life long learning is what should be instilled in children. Teach them the basics...reading, writing and 'rithmetic. Once those are mastered as they say...the world is your oyster.

Right now there happens to be a way to break the unions. The reason they are so powerful is that they have consistently managed to thwart the laws that prevent them from deducting union dues from a persons paycheck without their permission.

It so happens that the vast majority of voters disagree with the union stance on this matter, but the unions have so much money to spend on electing their flunkies to office that they have been able to flaunt the Right to Work laws successfully for years.

The National Right to Work Committee, righttoworkcommittee.org , has been successful in the past in forcing the unions to obey the law. This year the opportunity to beat the unions happens to be very favorable, and I am hoping that people who can afford it will donate to this group to put an end to the union's taking money from workers without their permission.

This issue doesn't affect me directly, since I am retired, but I still donate $10 a month to the cause, since I cannot stand still while this kind of injustice is allowed to prevail.

agreed

I believe the word you're looking for is "Kulak". These were the more wealthy Russian peasants who were farm and small business owners. They didn't do well under Lenin or Stalin. They won't do well here, either, if the Marxists "Democrats" gain full power. The "Gulag Archipelago" (books 1 and 2) give a good description of what we are seeing here now.

I agree, and it has to start at a young age. It also has to be consistently taught as the standard of behavior not just in the family but in society in general. That is where our laws and social norms must support traditional values. Mixed messages do nothing but confuse young children.

Ben from Suspicious 0bservers has presented studies on how the cosmic rays effect the brain and the body.
I have observed that it doesn't affect everyone, those that have some form of self control, the mind?, A conscience, morality? are the one's least affected.
In essence, bicamerals - those with a block pathway to the mind have the roughest time...and they obviously are not aware of it....just like those that put them in that position.

Usefull idiots creating useLESS idiots?

I agree with you! The same with the Communist takeover of Russia. After the useful idiots in academia, (Russia primarily) etc. did their thing, they were then rounded up with the rest of the kulats(sp?) and shipped off to the gulags (or worse - 20 to 50mm died during the purges). The same thing may very well happen here for sure and this modern crop of useful idiots haven't a clue! For what its worth!

Amen to all that, fosterj717. I actually have a small collection of 19th century grade school text books in my library and some of the exams in them are tough for me. Side note: Part of the Nazi take over of Germany also included taking over academia.

I think you have to show young people the facts of reality, in terms of having consequences to your actions or inactions

Interestingly, not more than an hour ago my wife and I were discussing events in the car and I remarked it's as if something is driving half the population loony. You may be on to something here, OUC.

I think that the US is down to around 3.5% of the population who work in agriculture. There's certainly correlation there that I would agree with. Even back in the late 1700's and early 1800's, the rabble rousers at universities didn't grow up on farms, but had rich parents...

The more pending question, however, is what do you do about it? That percentage isn't likely to increase - ever. So what substitutes are there? Personally, I think that the destruction of the Boy Scouts of America was one of the worst things to happen to youth. There was a program designed to teach leadership and skill through hard work, persistence, and failure. (If you've ever taken youth camping, that is a singular experience in letting young people fail and then make the best of things.)