Why sports stars should stay out of public policy
Huh. Not a single student in these schools passes basic math despite being pushed by an athletic superstar WITH government help.
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I've recently gravitated to watching a few YouTube videos where an interviewer goes to various high-priced prestigious American colleges and asks students on campus simple questions such as, "If you were born 13 years ago, how old would you be today?"; "How much is 9+9+9?"; "What country is Mount Rushmore in?"; "How many States in the United States?"; "Who fought in the Mexican-American War?"; "How many world wars have there been?"; "Who did America fight in WWII?"; "Where is Pearl Harbor?"; "In what country is the Panama Canal?" and a bunch of other simple questions the students had NO CLUE on how to answer or the answers were totally wrong. Scary and comical at the same time.
Not only are the minds of these kids empty, but they have no idea how to think or figure things out. I'm left with the question: How did these idiots get into any college?
eradicated and replaced by rational teaching of basic subject matter and rational
thinking, I also suspect that the problem in some cases could be a lack of ability
by students. In the first 3/4 of the 20th century, most public school students were
able to absorb enough basic knowledge to survive and be productive in the
employment marketplace. It appears that is no longer true.
We have children who are allowed to do anything without repercussions. Therefore, they have no role-models, need or drive to succeed.
THE MOST Ironic thing about this behavior the left has instilled in the children, and that when they get to adulthood, they all have to do/think/say whatever the government says, and they are happy to do so. Perhaps this is the plan. Incompetent, ignorant, misbehaving children = adult slaves.
I'd like to see ZERO federal involvement and only limited State involvement - if any. While I do recognize the critical role a basic education plays in one's vocational pursuits, the sheer failure of our current system to actually educate (rather than indoctrinate) our children speaks to the need for heavy reforms, if not a complete revision.
I just came from an appointment with my doctor and the nurse who took my
vitals was reading a book on the dumbing down of the education system
(sorry can't recall the exact book title.) It was the book she was taking on
her vacation to read.
In the end, both kids finished near the top of their classes, did quite well on their ACTs and got scholarships to the state university.
Unfortunately, "stay at home parent" is rare these days for a variety of reasons. It's not right for everyone, but it worked quite well for us. I hate to see people, especially young couples, losing that option.
privately owned,
non-government regulated,
non-government funded, and
non-unionized.
Then maybe children would be taught to read, write, do arithmetic, and how to think.
It is interesting to go through and look at the school curriculum for those times. Add to that the tests to certify a teacher and there is no wonder that America's schools are hard pressed to put out a literate graduate nowadays. It speaks to the illiteracy of this nation that many can not understand the Second Amendment, which is about as plain as it could be.
My daughter, as a gifted, only child, loved that school. She learned to be patient with the younger kids (they mix ages in the classrooms). She complained that they don't let her play on the computer... So I pulled the teacher aside, and she said:
"your daughter is gifted, and an only child. you and I know she has access to computers at home. We feel that while she is here, she develop her soft-skills with the other kids... And frankly, you don't want an Awkward, Intelligent kid who doesn't know how to fit in... We've watched her build her interpersonal skills, and actually enjoy working with the younger kids... Even helping them laugh at their mistakes and start again!"
She basically schooled me... And I was okay with that, because they explained it in a way that I could agree with. As my daughter grew up, she babysat a girl who wasn't enjoying practicing the piano... So she found what music she liked, and she learned a bit of it, printed the music, and every time she babysat, she helped her play it...
That little girl is in High School now, and has written and performed a bunch of songs, and has a following. (My daughters part in teaching her to play what she loves MIGHT have been a tiny part of that). But she learned that concept in Montessori. If you can make "learning" fun... Kids will do more of it, naturally... (We are literally born to do that)!
Because of that, I introduced the concept of making our daughter EARN her access to the computer, and her parents giving her rides places.
She had to do 5 minutes of touch typing, before she could use the computer. (it increased as she got older. She was 60wpm in 5th grade, eventually hitting 80wpm before 6th grade, so she could STOP practicing... LOL. She's 60wpm on her iphone. Which blows my mind!)
Also, she had to do ~15 minutes worth of math, daily. (Sat/Sun included). And she had to read 2-3 chapters/day.
We started this before Kindergarten (without the math), but clearly the typing (and the password to the PC was always one of 3 phone numbers! So she was forced to learn them in case she was ever separated from us).
Parents... You have no idea how much your children can learn.
I also went further and monitored her homework, and everything she was supposed to read (until University, when she knew what to share, LOL. She showed me USA Textbooks declaring Capitalism as a system of exploitation of others... She ran in and said "Wasn't that the Russian Definition?" YEPPERS!).
Also, one more piece of advice. You should read 2 LONG chapter books, starting at different times. And practice alternating the reading. You read them together, taking turns reading aloud. The communicates that reading is important. That long books, can take time. And it develops their reading/comprehension by making them keep track of those stories over weeks, and keep them separate...
God gave you a child... Your job is to raise a functional young adult that (Jordan Peterson says) both Adults and Children enjoy engaging with!
If you do that... Everything else falls in place.
Oh, we didn't let her watch anything with Commercials growing up! By the time she saw commercials, she quickly learned they were Hype/Lies!!!)
I think we underestimate our children at our own peril.
FREAKING LOVE IT!!!
Just sticking to what they do best won't be turning off half the people who used to admire what they do.
There's a number of those yahoos I refuse to watch or listen to. Or why me dino refuses to watch the Oscars, the Emmys, etc.
We laugh at them because they’re all the same.