With
skill and humor, this exercise can fill the void with engaging
nonsense. But instead of confining such mind-flexing and tongue wagging
to – let’s call it “small talk raised to the nth” – mindless authors of
visual and audio communications commit their stuff to digital media,
paper, or art materials. Their allegorical erections may look impressive
but a few of us do sense the hot air in excursions common to sociology,
behavioral “science,” and symbol-minded treatises like The
Interpretation of Dreams. We notice too how useful a ploy this can be
for selling ideas.“I
don’t like to think,” a young man once told me ( his exact words). This
stunning confession from an otherwise fine young person was to me
direct evidence that his mind was deformed by a defective system of education that dates back to John Dewey. It marked him as an asset of amoral strategists who care more about an agenda
than the welfare of their fellow human beings. It is beyond sick that
the young in America who, like this individual, “don’t like to think”
must depend on “authorities” and “experts” who despise the collective
wisdom of people smarter than they, garnered over many centuries,
regarding the most important things in life.The
drift from reality in so many young minds today – thanks to the
progressive dismantling of intelligence in the public schools – must
halt if living in a civilized society still means anything at all.
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Modern Intellectuals’ Affinity for Nonsense
With
skill and humor, this exercise can fill the void with engaging
nonsense. But instead of confining such mind-flexing and tongue wagging
to – let’s call it “small talk raised to the nth” – mindless authors of
visual and audio communications commit their stuff to digital media,
paper, or art materials. Their allegorical erections may look impressive
but a few of us do sense the hot air in excursions common to sociology,
behavioral “science,” and symbol-minded treatises like The
Interpretation of Dreams. We notice too how useful a ploy this can be
for selling ideas.“I
don’t like to think,” a young man once told me ( his exact words). This
stunning confession from an otherwise fine young person was to me
direct evidence that his mind was deformed by a defective system of education that dates back to John Dewey. It marked him as an asset of amoral strategists who care more about an agenda
than the welfare of their fellow human beings. It is beyond sick that
the young in America who, like this individual, “don’t like to think”
must depend on “authorities” and “experts” who despise the collective
wisdom of people smarter than they, garnered over many centuries,
regarding the most important things in life.The
drift from reality in so many young minds today – thanks to the
progressive dismantling of intelligence in the public schools – must
halt if living in a civilized society still means anything at all.
Modern Intellectuals’ Affinity for Nonsense
With
skill and humor, this exercise can fill the void with engaging
nonsense. But instead of confining such mind-flexing and tongue wagging
to – let’s call it “small talk raised to the nth” – mindless authors of
visual and audio communications commit their stuff to digital media,
paper, or art materials. Their allegorical erections may look impressive
but a few of us do sense the hot air in excursions common to sociology,
behavioral “science,” and symbol-minded treatises like The
Interpretation of Dreams. We notice too how useful a ploy this can be
for selling ideas.
“I
don’t like to think,” a young man once told me ( his exact words). This
stunning confession from an otherwise fine young person was to me
direct evidence that his mind was deformed by a defective system of education that dates back to John Dewey. It marked him as an asset of amoral strategists who care more about an agenda
than the welfare of their fellow human beings. It is beyond sick that
the young in America who, like this individual, “don’t like to think”
must depend on “authorities” and “experts” who despise the collective
wisdom of people smarter than they, garnered over many centuries,
regarding the most important things in life.The
drift from reality in so many young minds today – thanks to the
progressive dismantling of intelligence in the public schools – must
halt if living in a civilized society still means anything at all.
Thomas Sowell: The Moral Bankruptcy Of Charter School Opponents | Investor’s Business Daily
“Good Intentions Gone Awry”: Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s The Coddling of the American Mind. Book Review. – Areo
good then..
Above all, we need to distinguish concern from catastrophizing. Students
are not powerless against the society in which they live: they are part
of that society. In fact, they are the future of America. It is
heartening to see that so many of them are deeply concerned about
equality and strongly opposed to discrimination, bigotry, racism, sexism
and xenophobia. It is fully in their power to work to change things for
the better. But only if they see themselves as strong, resilient,
capable and independent. Our job is to help them believe in themselves.
“It is
heartening to see that so many of them are deeply concerned about
equality and strongly opposed to discrimination, bigotry, racism, sexism
and xenophobia.
“
no its sickening,
“discrimination, bigotry, racism, sexism” are minor, treat people as individuals problem solved, as much is it can be with out tyranny
xenophobia
, fear of the other, keeps u alive, just be aware of it and how u act in the face of it
inequality as a result of differences between human isn’t going away. in that way it is a deep problem of humanity that must be examined and mitigation carefully thought through. That’s not what is meant here
there are more things in heaven and earth etc…
Marxism and Education
…And the study of humans by humans is – well, circular, is it not?
The
intellectual arrogance, not to say quackery, of men like John Dewey may
be forgiven as a human weakness. But lording over one’s fellows by
presuming to make of them a better breed smells not only of conceit, but
of treachery. In this plot – a good one for mad scientist movies –
parent and pastor were to take a back seat while behavioral “experts”
rewired the strands of human behavior, using schoolchildren as
experimental subjects. Their motive? A new age was dawning. It was a
matter of when, not if, collectivism and socialism would come to
America. Was it not the task of the public educator to prepare its
subjects for the new order? Was it not the job of the public teacher to
change basic perceptions, attitudes, social relations?That such high horsing violates
democratic basics meant nothing to these “progressives.” To them,
democracy was less a form of government than a means for “reforming”
society. Today’s “liberals” still believe that. For them, “majority”
meant a body to be molded.
History and Civics: Two-Thirds of Americans Would Flunk The Citizenship Test | Investor’s Business Daily
K-12: Horrifying yet Fascinating
Constructivism is
an example of sophistical gigantism, like a 7-foot woman. Today, it’s
bigger and more powerful than the rest of the curriculum. This victory
was made possible by deep thinking such as: “The emphasis is on the
learner as an active ‘maker of meanings.’ The role of the teacher is to
enter into a dialogue with the learner, trying to understand the
meaning to that learner of the material to be learned, and to help her
or him to refine their understanding[.]”This nonlogical kind of logic is arguably more weird than Lady Myrtle Corbin, who had four legs, two vaginas, and five children.
Common Core presents such geeky quandaries as
“in each cube stick, color some cubes blue and the rest of the cubes
red. Draw the cubes you colored in the number bond. Show the hidden
partners in your fingers to an adult. Color the fingers you showed.” Ew.You
can’t believe that professors would present such malarkey to the
world. The trick for the rest of us is to separate these faux experts
from their pretensions.
Mere Creature of the State
One weak point in The Schoolhouse Gate’s
compendium is the lack of analysis of jurisprudence that derives not
from high constitutional principles but from interpreting federal
regulations enforced via financing mechanisms: requirements that states
perform in certain ways or forfeit federal funds. And another, perhaps
more consequential, weak point is Driver’s unwillingness to address
head-on the drift down into high schools and even grade schools the
college campaigns against free speech.The vision of liberalism as supporting an
ever-widening right to dissent is on a collision course with a
different liberal vision that claims victims have a right not to be
offended by dissent. Justin Driver consistently presents himself (in the
personal sections of the book) as a man of the left. But the high
constitutionalism of his old-fashioned leftism runs counter to the
anti-constitutionalism of the new-fangled leftism that wants to define
free speech as hate speech. Funny to think of The Schoolhouse Gate as a conservative text. But, then, we live in funny times.
K-12: The War on STEM
A
parent recently provided insight into what has become of public
schools: “The school district administrators are so nice to you in the
meetings, while they are sticking a knife into your child’s back.”More
than most people realize, K-12 is often a realm of duplicity. The main
strategy is to pretend to care about a subject or skill, but in fact to
undermine it. The educrats dissemble even as grades plummet, until the
public is thoroughly confused about which reforms might actually
work. Despite endless chatter and assurances, there seems to be no
genuine attempt to improve K-12. Quite the opposite.
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