Need to dismantle the Federal Department of Education, keep all of the money away from the states and give vouchers to every American citizen (citizens only), while growing strong trade programs where High School vouchers can be used. Create a capable and competent people. Also make a several month study of the constitution and the way the government was intended to work a requirement to get the voucher money. Hillsdale can set the standards. No they don't actually teach that in most government classes, it is mostly a wasted class.
Let's call spades, spades, Mona...for MANY generations American "Teachers Colleges" brainwash (marinated is an apt term) future teachers in MARXISM which is exactly what so-called "Woke" is, then those "Marxified" teachers spread the mental poison of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels into the WIDE OPEN young minds in K - 12 and on into "higher education."
Recall that the "Marxified" 60s generation of "student radicals" became politicians, judges, community organizers, writers, actors and journalists that have infested and infected virtually EVERY institution extant now in 2024 AD.
Until and unless the entire (existing) academic structure in the USA is totally deconstructed and a major reformation transpires, NOTHING will change.
I have teaching licenses, but I first received them in 1982. Yes, I am 65 and now retired. But, I am not blind or stupid and 3 years ago when I retired, I had witnessed for years the demise of the educational system. However, teachers have no control over what happens in schools. We have bosses and rules that we have to follow. New "cuuriculum" is introduced and we have to teach it. There are also things we are told we can't teach. The system needs to return to indiviual desks (not table with 4 seats), textbooks, paper, pencils, library books and book reports, and most importantly geography, history, and government. Students no longer need to pass a "constitution" test to graduate - when that went away, so did government study.
I have wondered about Elon Musk. He took the Constitution class in order to become an American citizen, he and other immigrants are learning the Constitution, but our own citizens are not. Maybe that is why Elon and most other immigrants are MAGA.
I hear Costco, Walmart and In-N-Out are hiring. Problem solved. If those don't work for them, then maybe some field work or ditch digging would suit them better.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves. Consider HR departments and Haymarket Books.
Well those woke graduates didn't create anything of real value and their job market is imploding. That is a big part of what the fight against the deep state is about, a bunch of people who will not be able to earn anything close to the living they've had sucking on the tax payers teet. They don't want to compete for jobs and actually have to provide value for a paycheck.
Tell me about it. I have a granddaughter in a university education program that will graduate this year. She appears to be a militant lesbian and will go on to get her masters in education next year. Or I should say her masters in DEI.
Businesses were hiring DEI experts for their HR departments. Not sure if they still have openings. Another option is writing DEI material for Haymarket Books.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves.
Find retired teachers in your area, and pay them to mentor you as your children's teacher! Even better, create a homeschool group, so this one teacher can mentor several parents!
DeSantis's voucher program in FL is the model for the USA. Each parent gets $8k to use at private school or for homeschooling if they choose not to use public schools, where wokeness is banned. It's almost utopia here.
I started complaining about my grade school education after about 2 years. I routinely mourn the things I did not learn, the books I did not read. I agree that trade programs are necessary, and . . . of course, what the Constitution really said and how it has been violated. I never read those classic books, as as soon as I graduated college I got a job which became the beginning of a 40 year career and I devoted my spare time to mastering my new craft. After 2020 I took up reading books about health, medicine, and covid. And now I read Substack.
The totality of the DEI issue, and religious freedom have a lot to do with the 2024 election results. Gender dysphoria was turned into fast profit, as is the obesity issue, leading to unethical treatments.
Since you are "top first" I thought I would share a little personal experience with my transgender grandchild. I haven't seen any comments from first hand experience. The story is too long to delve into here and I have spoken about it here and there from way early posts. Her change to a male persona took years of therapy from many different avenues, truly frightened days and nights on suicide watch from her parents and many questions to know the risks of hormone injections and no mastectomy, but liposuction and no "bottom" surgery. This wasn't an easy time, for years, for anyone. Call it BS if you want, but I am here to tell you this whole process is no walk in the park.
May Trump and RFK Jr obliterate this DEI and mental disorder transgender BS!
Need to dismantle the Federal Department of Education, keep all of the money away from the states and give vouchers to every American citizen (citizens only), while growing strong trade programs where High School vouchers can be used. Create a capable and competent people. Also make a several month study of the constitution and the way the government was intended to work a requirement to get the voucher money. Hillsdale can set the standards. No they don't actually teach that in most government classes, it is mostly a wasted class.
There's just one BIG problem. The teachers coming out of the universities have been marinated in wokeness.
FYI: the best teachers my brother's had in a private school (scholarship students) didn't have teaching credentials.
As a teacher, I am an anomaly. I speak up but am given, "the eye."
Parents, homeschool if you can.
I was a teacher for 21 years when I started speaking out they came after me. I retired early.
Let's call spades, spades, Mona...for MANY generations American "Teachers Colleges" brainwash (marinated is an apt term) future teachers in MARXISM which is exactly what so-called "Woke" is, then those "Marxified" teachers spread the mental poison of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels into the WIDE OPEN young minds in K - 12 and on into "higher education."
Recall that the "Marxified" 60s generation of "student radicals" became politicians, judges, community organizers, writers, actors and journalists that have infested and infected virtually EVERY institution extant now in 2024 AD.
Until and unless the entire (existing) academic structure in the USA is totally deconstructed and a major reformation transpires, NOTHING will change.
I have teaching licenses, but I first received them in 1982. Yes, I am 65 and now retired. But, I am not blind or stupid and 3 years ago when I retired, I had witnessed for years the demise of the educational system. However, teachers have no control over what happens in schools. We have bosses and rules that we have to follow. New "cuuriculum" is introduced and we have to teach it. There are also things we are told we can't teach. The system needs to return to indiviual desks (not table with 4 seats), textbooks, paper, pencils, library books and book reports, and most importantly geography, history, and government. Students no longer need to pass a "constitution" test to graduate - when that went away, so did government study.
I have wondered about Elon Musk. He took the Constitution class in order to become an American citizen, he and other immigrants are learning the Constitution, but our own citizens are not. Maybe that is why Elon and most other immigrants are MAGA.
I appreciate your honesty. Many teachers today are denying there is a problem and hiding things from the parents.
I hear Costco, Walmart and In-N-Out are hiring. Problem solved. If those don't work for them, then maybe some field work or ditch digging would suit them better.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves. Consider HR departments and Haymarket Books.
Well those woke graduates didn't create anything of real value and their job market is imploding. That is a big part of what the fight against the deep state is about, a bunch of people who will not be able to earn anything close to the living they've had sucking on the tax payers teet. They don't want to compete for jobs and actually have to provide value for a paycheck.
Tell me about it. I have a granddaughter in a university education program that will graduate this year. She appears to be a militant lesbian and will go on to get her masters in education next year. Or I should say her masters in DEI.
Businesses were hiring DEI experts for their HR departments. Not sure if they still have openings. Another option is writing DEI material for Haymarket Books.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves.
Boeing just fired their DEI department after it destroyed their reputation and company. More will follow.
Find retired teachers in your area, and pay them to mentor you as your children's teacher! Even better, create a homeschool group, so this one teacher can mentor several parents!
DeSantis's voucher program in FL is the model for the USA. Each parent gets $8k to use at private school or for homeschooling if they choose not to use public schools, where wokeness is banned. It's almost utopia here.
I started complaining about my grade school education after about 2 years. I routinely mourn the things I did not learn, the books I did not read. I agree that trade programs are necessary, and . . . of course, what the Constitution really said and how it has been violated. I never read those classic books, as as soon as I graduated college I got a job which became the beginning of a 40 year career and I devoted my spare time to mastering my new craft. After 2020 I took up reading books about health, medicine, and covid. And now I read Substack.
I agree - end the Dept. of Education.
Yes!
Agree wholeheartedly.
Concur
The totality of the DEI issue, and religious freedom have a lot to do with the 2024 election results. Gender dysphoria was turned into fast profit, as is the obesity issue, leading to unethical treatments.
Without a doubt.
My projection? They will, at the absolute least, put a few well-earned dents into the narrative.
Since you are "top first" I thought I would share a little personal experience with my transgender grandchild. I haven't seen any comments from first hand experience. The story is too long to delve into here and I have spoken about it here and there from way early posts. Her change to a male persona took years of therapy from many different avenues, truly frightened days and nights on suicide watch from her parents and many questions to know the risks of hormone injections and no mastectomy, but liposuction and no "bottom" surgery. This wasn't an easy time, for years, for anyone. Call it BS if you want, but I am here to tell you this whole process is no walk in the park.