I do have some recommendations for overhauling the education system. Maybe this is tattle-telling on my homeschool upbringing, but the stereotypical public school is evil and should be abolished. The state should not be involved in directly raising children, and partly how liberals can create false disputes within the first amendment are indirectly because the government has no business actually *doing* the education (not that there aren't any laws *about* education; but the state can delegate its practice to the private sphere instead of micromanaging it). School in the first place was an outreach of the Church, maybe it should return to being the Church's business? This is not to be taken as any slight against private schools. UnLambed Zoomlette has warned of the excesses of "unschooling". Probably a healthy balance is the spectrum between private schooling and homeschooling, with public schools and unschooling being considered too extreme. There should be a healthy level of competition between schools, where parents can pick the best ones for their kids. The competition can mean that the best schools win. Lousy schools lose students because the parents won't tolerate them anymore (not an option for tax-funded public schools), and schools that produce exemplary students can attract more families. Plus, family-friendly schools that let generations thrive can acquire inertia based on family health. The variety can also provide different options for different people, allowing for helpful specialization; imagine a cornucopia of private schools, parochial schools, military schools, co-ops, homeschool associations, etc. Perhaps it can be funded by school vouchers? The variety could also allow for a greater degree of creativity in education, I don't think we should be stuck thinking in the box of the status quo. Do the students have to go to school every weekday? Is there a strict boundary between college and high school? Could someone reverse engineer medieval/early modern/victorian education for the 21st century? Could the seven "liberal arts" come back in a right-wing form?
One thing I would add (not a hill I would die on, just a suggestion) is that the schools should have the authority to corporally discipline the children. Of course parents can pick and choose what school they want to go to, but children need discipline of some kind.
The main purpose of being able to read and write is to be able to read the Bible. That's why Protestant countries pushed for mass literacy in the first place. Without Biblical literacy, any kind of literacy is pointless.
Another thing I would point out is that there is more homework than ever before. There is such much to do, so much stress, no social life, etc. Education nowadays is much harsher than our parents' generation, yet the students are getting dumber and dumber? It is a distressing paradox. It's almost as if the deluge of homework actively makes one dumb. Or possibly, the smart children are burdened with homework in order to murder their social lives, while the stupid children skate by on a combination of DEI and outright incompetence.
She is Puerto Rican, whether she is black or not it doesn't say. I wish the people interviewing her would ask her more in-depth questions, but she probably doesn't have the capacity to answer hence all this speculation I am doing.
I do have some recommendations for overhauling the education system. Maybe this is tattle-telling on my homeschool upbringing, but the stereotypical public school is evil and should be abolished. The state should not be involved in directly raising children, and partly how liberals can create false disputes within the first amendment are indirectly because the government has no business actually *doing* the education (not that there aren't any laws *about* education; but the state can delegate its practice to the private sphere instead of micromanaging it). School in the first place was an outreach of the Church, maybe it should return to being the Church's business? This is not to be taken as any slight against private schools. UnLambed Zoomlette has warned of the excesses of "unschooling". Probably a healthy balance is the spectrum between private schooling and homeschooling, with public schools and unschooling being considered too extreme. There should be a healthy level of competition between schools, where parents can pick the best ones for their kids. The competition can mean that the best schools win. Lousy schools lose students because the parents won't tolerate them anymore (not an option for tax-funded public schools), and schools that produce exemplary students can attract more families. Plus, family-friendly schools that let generations thrive can acquire inertia based on family health. The variety can also provide different options for different people, allowing for helpful specialization; imagine a cornucopia of private schools, parochial schools, military schools, co-ops, homeschool associations, etc. Perhaps it can be funded by school vouchers? The variety could also allow for a greater degree of creativity in education, I don't think we should be stuck thinking in the box of the status quo. Do the students have to go to school every weekday? Is there a strict boundary between college and high school? Could someone reverse engineer medieval/early modern/victorian education for the 21st century? Could the seven "liberal arts" come back in a right-wing form?
One thing I would add (not a hill I would die on, just a suggestion) is that the schools should have the authority to corporally discipline the children. Of course parents can pick and choose what school they want to go to, but children need discipline of some kind.
The main purpose of being able to read and write is to be able to read the Bible. That's why Protestant countries pushed for mass literacy in the first place. Without Biblical literacy, any kind of literacy is pointless.
Another thing I would point out is that there is more homework than ever before. There is such much to do, so much stress, no social life, etc. Education nowadays is much harsher than our parents' generation, yet the students are getting dumber and dumber? It is a distressing paradox. It's almost as if the deluge of homework actively makes one dumb. Or possibly, the smart children are burdened with homework in order to murder their social lives, while the stupid children skate by on a combination of DEI and outright incompetence.
If she is a black puerto rican, then it all makes sense.
She is Puerto Rican, whether she is black or not it doesn't say. I wish the people interviewing her would ask her more in-depth questions, but she probably doesn't have the capacity to answer hence all this speculation I am doing.