Ex-Professor Reveals Why College Can’t Be Saved | Peter Boghossian

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Peter Boghossian about why he finally left teaching at Portland State University; the rationale that leftist mayors use to explain why their policies lead to urban decay; how their prioritization of compassion over law and order exacerbates societal problems; the impact of ideological indoctrination in universities; his inability to challenge students' thinking; the lack of scientific evidence behind gender-affirming care for minors; the erosion of medical ethics; and much more.
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[@Zachw2007]

Great channel, Dave.

[@johnsouth3912]

Trade school is the answer for 75% of high school graduates.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

True and this is because there’s no point in going to the schools which would admit you. Getting a degree from a no-name college is virtually the same thing as not going to college in the first place. You’d be better off doing two years community college to get certified in something like building technology or even culinary arts. Or just enlist the navy to become an air traffic controller or whatever.

[@drew8979]

I'm 37 and the woke nonsense is rampant in my work. I'm going back to get my CDL so I can just do a job and be left alone.

[@joshheter1517]

How did you arrive at that number?

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Trade school doesn't teach engineers or doctors.

[@johnotto4931]

@@wednesdayschild3627yes there are trade schools for engineering, doctors do what certain companies tell them, eat healthy take good vitamins and you don’t need a doctor

[@DonnaKC]

Public schools cannot be saved, either. They’re awful.

[@barbarabennett5385]

There are good teachers trying to help the children. The family is key to strong thinking children.

[@DonnaKC]

@@barbarabennett5385 teachers are supposed to teach children basic skills, which is the only help that schools should be offering. Blame the system if you like.

[@bmardiney]

I’ll go one further: parents that send their kids to public schools are actively abusing them.

[@harleymann2086]

They are propagating a _Fundamentalist Ideology_ .

[@wyldezyde]

@@bmardiney non custodial parent sued cutodial dad to take child out of home schooling ,, no surprise, the state sided with what the state wanted. even though child was doing very well. passing all online tests. the non custodial mother who rarely visited at all claimed the child need to be in a classroom full of kids his own age.. child was part of home school weekely pod groups , and 2 church groups. very rounded in the community with people of ALL ages in a perpetual non age discriminatory learning. kid even started his own business, with help from his family at 8 yrs old. none of it mattered.. the state sided with the one that enables state profit.

[@markworden9169]

It's sorta stomach wrenching to realize I live in a society where most of the people I come in contact with are in a different reality.

[@user-we2qv1cx6x]

And complicit with such madness. I am not perfect and do not claim to be. I have made mistakes, poor choices. But some of this is so blatant and in your face. It’s quite clear these are not simply mistakes or poor choices, much of this is being promoted and pushed forward like it’s okay. Like it’s justice. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.

[@rachellandry3116]

remember that half the population.. populates... the lower half of the IQ bell curve.. THAT is a stark reminder of the human condition....

[@slider799]

Actually, most are completely unaware of whats happening at all. Even when they are aware they are unable to do anything or know what to do to stop it.

[@JohnnyUtah13]

When I was a high school teacher I suggested the VAST majority of my students consider other options outside of universities. Didn't make me super popular with guidance counselors, but I was honest with my kids. College is not worth it for MOST people. Left that gig to start my own company where I now employee some of my former students. Life is a circle lol

[@ice_fox]

Do you still always get your man?

[@grimb8kn748]

I teach at a Community & Technical college. We’re far more cost effective and our graduates leave job ready in a field that’s in demand. But by all means don’t suggest us to most High School students as other teachers/parents/administrators will lose their minds.

[@Sky-Frogs]

I taught College Economics for ten years on five different campuses. I had 1300+ students. Some were bright, engaged, and unique. Most had already been dulled and were completely uninterested. They just wanted the piece of paper. The Administrators were over-paid, never taught, and had no understanding of the students today.

[@sabejreid2072]

How awful - we have a new initiative here in Australia and it's going the same way under Lefty Labor. CREEPS.

[@BbTenn]

When you consider how little is learned in 12-13 years of public school, it is an appalling waste of time.

[@TheRealEdStoner]

When you see everything going on today and 90% of the population is not pissed off about it show how are education system is not good.

[@Demmie-nl2qh]

It's meant to break the spirit and make good little worker drones.

[@pinchebruha405]

Baby sitting for the workers and yes training future workers

[@pegasus5287]

In tye 70's if the "troublemakers" couldnt manage regular school, they were given the option to go to what was called contin, short for continuation school. There, kids were taught a useful trade. Which should still be an option, formal education isnt for everyone

[@marcmeinzer8859]

The average high school graduate has a sixth grade reading comprehension level. This is why the average member of society should get a sixth grade education then perhaps a four year trades apprenticeship and then go to work at the age of 16. Over-schooling all of the dull normal people is a complete waste of money. Advanced academics should be for the intellectually gifted only with perhaps some of the high normal people immediately below that level.

[@bjty5615]

Mutation of children should be treated as a fed felony including jail time and no pension

[@billmorrison9068]

Mutation?

[@sub-harmonik]

mutilation?

[@hikerJohn]

It use to be . . . The world is getting more and more screwed up, there's no way it's going to turn itself around. They hate good and love evil.

[@ajmaynard92]

​@@billmorrison9068 we have to stop them or another magneto is imminent.

[@einherjar2545]

You all know what he meant FFS. I agree they should be put in jail.

[@danielmandigo636]

Some 30 years ago a Cornell professor published an article the point was the surest sign of incompetent was the lack of awareness of their own incompetence. Elizabeth Warren being part Indian and Claudine Gay head of Harvard

[@russ254]

they know - that’s why they’re so full of hatred for normal people and for America.

[@hannahwatt6454]

Thank you, Peter. The sentence, “if I was a conspiracy theorist I would think they are working for an enemy state” is totally where I don’t want to end up but do. This is GROSS, DEEP incompetence and let’s be honest, cowardice.

[@joegiu5575]

CCP, soros, vast assortment of America haters

[@rachellandry3116]

its a cult. you can see their symbols everywhere. Occult semiotics. Owners of big media exploit it to start teaching some very queer theories at a very early age. classic indoctrination and directed molding of young minds.....

[@mikestevens5512]

On the part of the institutions

[@timothy8426]

Home schooling is land based survival.

[@kurtgally526]

I love hearing Peter discuss how colleges and universities are failing the youth. Thank you for calling it out!

[@johnbrown4568]

Peter does a great job explaining the causal factors contributing to the demise of American universities.

[@charliecrowley1070]

The biggest problems is we aren't honest about our problems and have almost zero discourse in by or elected leaders about it!

[@davidhunt313]

_Without _*_Humility,_*_ there can be no _*_Humanity!_*

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

"OOhhhhh, the humanity!"

[@06barcafan10]

As a society we are shuffling the deck chairs on a sinking Titanic.

[@sabejreid2072]

Don't give up - we cannot allow the USA to fall.

[@jus4kelley]

How do you fix a problem when you don’t think it’s broken

[@charliecrowley1070]

Someone has to show you are wrong or you have to live with the consequences.

[@omarra6781]

@@charliecrowley1070 Natural consequences is the best teacher. I wish we'd see more of that.

[@charliecrowley1070]

@omarra6781 OK that's easy make all Democrats live in Oakland for 2 yrs!

[@thewallstreetjournal5675]

You do the same thing you would do with a private oragazation. If you had a few people who are destroying the orgazation and cannot be fired. You close your doors. Make a new name. Hire all the people who add value into the new oragainzation. Leaving out the postions which add no value.

[@The-NightWatchman]

It doesn't take a college degree to see the moral crisis and decay that is destroying this country. This, is the crux of the issue.

[@hawaiiangunner]

This is the entire point of the harassment. Keep good people from taking important jobs.

[@karenlynch5684]

Yes.

[@shane_d_au]

So glad I pulled the pin on completing my PhD and going down the academic career path. The culture of these institutions and ideologies being pushed are extremely alarming.

[@PeterTaviawkNews]

💯

[@ThroughTheHaze]

I am currently a PhD student and have wondered if it is even worth it. I agree that what is being pushed is alarming! The students and professors live in their own bubble.

[@shane_d_au]

@@ThroughTheHaze totally understand your thinking, for me it was a difficult decision in the moment as it I was extremely driven to pursue as a career. However, once I was inside the institution and saw how things operated I eventually came to the realisation that it wasn't the place for me. It was quite crossroads point in my life tbh, but happier on the otherside of that decision.

[@philbob99]

"Pulled the pin" --- I know that one.

[@sabejreid2072]

Well done

[@bjty5615]

Need to revamp the whole school system return the power back to states and people. Do away with fed ed dept.

[@114lak]

AND teachers unions also!

[@stevengayler8447]

The teachers union is the biggest problem in the USA. They are proud Marxists.

[@chartreux1532]

As a German who still regularly lectures History at German Universities, its weird and incredible that somehow as "progressive" as our Countries are in Europe, our Universities are way less messed up than US Universities and Classes. Now i dont know why that is, in some Areas the USA is more strict against progressive Nonsense, but when it comes to Education and Universities, European Universities (except the UK i guess) are far more factual, dont care about all the nonsense emotional Stuff US Professors seem to care about etc. Hell, over here you only get financial Support for your Education and Studies at Universities from the Gouvernment if its an actual useful and important Topic, like actual Science, STEM etc. Wanna do Social Studies? Lesbian Dance Theory? Social Justice Studies? Gotta pay yourself Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@mombeaubob]

When the NEA was formed they wrote a manifesto planning to fill universities with Marxists and this to move the US into Communism.

[@justkate2529]

Liberal College professors are teaching our kids to hate their own country!!

[@ScrewyDriverTheMan]

because the US educational system is set up to be 4 years behind Europe in most subjects like arts and languages, except for science, law and politics, but to be able to use anything you learned, you mostly HAVE to do a Masters degree and go to Grad school to learn anything serious and have a better chance at a proper job in a related field, so you're basically 25, 26, 27 years old by the time you have done your education in the US and have become an adult, but by then the debts you've accumulated is immense is why the US is in trouble right now.

[@saffronskies333]

Islam taking over?

[@chartreux1532]

@@ScrewyDriverTheMan Thanks for the Explanation, that does explain a lot!

[@TheRealRoch108]

Wow, I just watched the whole segment. What strikes me as I watch is how rare it is to listen to anyone speaking clearly on these platforms. That was actually relaxing. More of this...Bravo

[@bjty5615]

Get crt out of our schools

[@ohliddy7945]

I love that Rubin is doing these interviews now.

[@spicymickfool]

I mentioned to a friend who's wife was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder that it seemed really common among woke activists. He disagreed, saying a medicalized causal proposition was too simple. I agree the phenomena must be more complicated than that, but the case is starkly presented in this chart. Both woke activists and suffers of BPD are prone to logical fallacy and have trouble with abstract problem solving. The overlap doesn't explain everything, but it doesn't seem negligible. Has me wondering what's going on to lead to such an explosion. Do we have a narcissism epidemic? How do we know?

[@mombeaubob]

Is it a which came first, the chicken or the egg question?

[@jennmcdavitt3782]

Critical thinking. So borderline is commonly associated with emotions over taking reason. If you couple that with not having ANY critical thinking you get this woke madness where emotions rule. Many people that naturally over came some borderline symptoms by learning how to think don't get that education and are consumed by the emotions. I say this as someone with borderline that was taught critical thinking. It changed my life

[@spicymickfool]

@@jennmcdavitt3782 Fascinating! Did you learn critical thinking in school? As part of a therapy? A friend's daughter had improvement in symptoms and got better at math after having some ketamine treatment. I think there's a connection there, thinking and BPD, but it doesn't seem to get addressed in DSM.

[@jennmcdavitt3782]

@spicymickfool I learned it in prison. Reading and reading. Then therapy. Then started working on a farm and reading and learning and teaching myself to quiet my mind. Not respond to emotion until I think it thru. No therapists avoid borderline. They think it's impossible to cure so they ignore it. I learned that in psych class

[@spicymickfool]

@@jennmcdavitt3782 Glad you managed to dig yourself out. It's unfortunate how few resources are available for it. I've heard DBT helps. Ever read the Stoics? You might dig Epictetus.

[@larryproffer8603]

University in many cases appears to be a total waste of time as far as being educated.

[@ericboehmer147]

You are doing great work Dave Rubin!

[@petehoward8494]

I recall arguing with my college philosophy professor in the early eighties, in the classroom setting, because I did not like the crap he was spewing. I wonder how many college students would do that today? Or, do they just eat up all the woke crap they are being fed?? Because they have never been taught to think independently. A teachers #1 job, was to teach their students HOW TO LEARN, and THINK INDEPENDENTLY. Not for the last 4 decades, it seems. Their job is to indoctrinate, and that is what they have done, for the last 4 decades. At all levels of school. We have allowed this for WAY TOO LONG.

[@Kojwills]

Cool to see Dave and Peter talking. Two sane voices I wish I knew of earlier.

[@rickhall517930]

The Slow Walk Through the Institutions

[@dm-gg7ll]

There is no accountability in government, that needs to change

[@barbarabennett5385]

Thanks for this honest open discussion of our colleges and 😢terrible crisis of trans situation, boarder crisis, and out of control government spending.

[@grod1360]

Finally someone tells the truth.

[@ScrewyDriverTheMan]

I know it, and I can attest, I did nothing in college but get stoned and get high, papers were read by TAs and not the professors themselves, I barely paid attention and left with 3.4 GPA supposedly and definitely have not used what I learned into my profession, my profession was based on my own life and social skills and nothing to do with what I learned in 4 years of college of the BA degree I got

[@tommcd8471]

exactly, college was a party/networking exercise for 4 years for me. Never really tried, and i never failed. I learned more in the first week working in sales than i did in college. Its a scam unless you want a party/experience and if you want that experience go to a community college, and don't take on any debt(work your ass off in the summer)

[@Moondoggy1941]

I think for the most part college is an expensive dating service and for people who just want to party

[@BbTenn]

So true. I learned far more in my first year of teaching than I learned in five years of college. Teaching should be an apprenticeship program.

[@robertagajeenian7222]

Dr Boghossian, Portland State is not "an idea factory"; it's a 'mis-idea' or a 'dis-idea' factory. And DonnaKC (below) is right - the public schools are the beginning of the problem, and that for a very long time now.

[@JonnyBeoulve]

So glad there are some people talking about these issues.

[@Moondoggy1941]

Hopefully Peter Borghossian can do a pod cast so we could learn from his teachings.

[@ep2223]

Save your money and don't drink the poison!!!!!!

[@jhljhl6964]

This is why I'm not a sub-teacher. Glad I never went into teaching.

[@johnbruenn8755]

When I went to Portland State in the mid 80’s I had a geography professor that vehemently criticized religion in EVERY lecture. Particularly Christianity. He mocked it so much, so strongly that many of the students were visibly disturbed. I came to the conclusion that he wasn’t an atheist. It was obvious he HATED God with a passion. That professor was just one of many in academia that shove ideology down students throats. It’s really unbelievable. I would never go to a liberal college again.

[@charlieb9954]

Nice to have confirmation of what we already knew.

[@JonahPedersen-tz3uk]

Everyone should see this video.

[@Charles-xd6lw]

The last two years of HS is worthless. It is repeated again the first year of college. One should get dual credit by taking college courses while in HS. This way one can finish everything early and not waste time.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Don't know what college you attended but thats not standard. Kids at elite private schools are basically taking undergrad level college courses. For them that means make top grades at college is easy. Leaves more time for keggers, mixers, cayos, toga bashes, and frat rush. On the other hand I graduated in the 80s. Some people say its changed since then.

[@thecutellama76]

I remember being high about 20 years ago and writing a letter while high. I thought it was the most intelligent insightful thing that had ever been put together. Until I read it again the next day and realised it was sheer garbage..... Several years later I went to university. On many occasions I would read a paper that a professor wrote and it would remind me of that ridiculous letter I wrote when high. I came to the conclusion that all these academics are on the spectrum which is why they think their deep, insightful ramblings are brilliant when in fact they are garbage.

[@ehinspections]

Thank you for your honest conversation!

[@tlprescott1]

Life is not fair. Survival of the fittest is unquestionably and unabashedly discriminate. You do not improve a situation by limiting the hard learned behaviors that have proven to be effective in effort to level the playing-field for the less successful. This blind ambition toward equity makes life worse not better. Instead, strive to learn the key behaviors of a dominant culture instead of denigrating them as foreign. A dominant culture's behaviors likely developed because they are uniquely effective. American exceptionalism developed because it offers a melting-pot of diverse cultures where the best behaviors can be adopted a-la-carte and be employed in a synergistic fashion that rises according to merit. This is the true benefit of diversity and it has absolutely nothing to do with any outward appearance of representative inclusion.

[@MyNguyen-ek5kx]

Colleges can’t be save, but Hills Dale will still be around.

[@trickymick6229]

Public schools left the plantation when they started teaching the students what to think, not how to think.

[@JASONTAYERI]

Great discussion. Thank you.

[@garypedigogaeu5787]

We once stood up the the worlds most powerful military because we were being taxed without representation. That was enough to say “thus far, and no farther”. We put our lives, freedom , and families in jeopardy. Today we will let anybody do anything they want to us and just cower in the corner because we’re afraid something bad will happen to us and our lives will be changed forever. Our distant relatives would be so ashamed of us cowards and would probably conclude that we deserve what is coming to us. I can’t disagree with that sentiment. Look, I’m just as bad at anyone and so afraid of loosing comfort that I sit here paralyzed and can barely muster the courage to even type this comment.

[@dantespimp]

I think this all goes back to the toxic-positivity 'everyone-gets-a-gold-star' culture of the 80s/90s. It emboldened the incompetent and radical to stand on even ground as the competent and rational. Within a toxic positivity environment, you aren't allowed to criticize or question anything, even the absurd and dangerous. You have to accept or tolerate. Sound familiar? When you raise a whole generation on self-centeredness, it's no surprise we got more narcissists running the show (which only grew worse with the rise of social media). It's all about ME, ME, ME. Listen to ME. Validate ME. Praise ME. Obey ME.

[@vickilim1644]

I taught massage at a Jr. College, technique and business. It was so very frustrating as I was not allowed to fail students who couldn't be bothered to complete assignments and many didn't care about technique and would not work areas of the body because it made them uncomfortable. They were choosing the wrong career and wasting their time and money.

[@ThroughTheHaze]

I am a TA as a graduate student and you can't fail students no matter how poorly they do. It is frustrating!

[@juliangodsend9418]

THIS IS DEVINE JUDGEMENT

[@Berend-ov8of]

2:40 "It's almost hard to believe, that the urban decay in its rapid onset was the result of mere incompetence. It truly buggers the mind to think that." His words.

[@TheCentristChad]

Peter is the best!!

[@TheSimCaptain]

I'm surprised that nobody in the US has talked about the UK Cass Report that just came out and has brought about a change in policy against this child mutilation.

[@sherbear8286]

It is talked about, but not by the entrenched trans junkies who have a stake in perpetuating the lies and the crimes.

[@bjty5615]

Get dei out of schools

[@kdjourney51]

The systems are captured. The experts are confabulating. Stay safe.

[@jeffsmith1798]

Dave, a suggestion for your channel. Include more of these kinds of discussions at this length or even a bit longer. It’s much more interesting and engaging than the 2 or 3 minute videos.

[@OliverDevine-vj3hs]

My son got a Fullbright scholarship to Columbia to study public health. He was already left wing but came back as a public health Marxism

[@blackcoffee.]

10 yrs ago I never would have said this but now I lean towards mandatory military service for a few years for all youth post high school. They need to learn skills and develop self-discipline (grit) not to mention exercise.

[@StevenCovey-ct3sx]

The crucial task now is to undermine and/or restructure the departments of education and school boards in all jurisdictions. Desantis is doing just that.

[@stevenmichael3426]

The world is just hypnotic.

[@paulreese3071]

I’m a Florida resident and to be objective, the Fentanyl Lean is not uncommon in Tampa or Orlando. I did recently spend a week in downtown Miami and was surprised at the lack of homelessness!

[@ThroughTheHaze]

I am in Miami but closer to the Everglades. Over the past year or so I have been seeing more homeless than I did before.

[@coachbeef7890]

Accountability is waiting with his scythe.

[@chenli9062]

“Broken brains 😂” I couldn’t agree more. Siting together with these ppl for a few years I’m not even sure if my own brain is still in tact or not.

[@jerrymyers870]

Were living in an upside down world.

[@jerrymonopoli4634]

china was always going after our kids....but they are getting lots of help now

[@nancybartley4610]

No one is mentioning that the k-12 system has seriously failed to give a basic, but solid education. These kids then go onto the junior college system which is expected to make-up for or compensate for the failure of the K-12 system. Many state colleges are doing the same: making up for the failure of the K-12 system. It isn't that these kids aren't capable and bright. They simply did not have standards they were required to meet in elementary, junior high, and high school. So they spend two to three years in secondary education attempting to correct these deficits. However, they don't realize they have deficits. Also, how many people are simple going to college as some rite of passage, just a thing we do now? How many of these kids would be better off in vocational classes in high school? What happened to vocational school? Do we have too many state and junior colleges?

[@nidhishendurnikar9519]

Makes so much sense

[@roywall8169]

I have been saying this since I was in college in the early 90s.

[@Gibbonomics]

Not just a higher Ed problem. The kids are afraid of being cancelled at all levels of Ed. Bystander effect on full display.

[@epep50]

Well I sure feel better......

[@Mondegreen2020]

Lindsay Buckingham dropping truth bombs.

[@redrum3405]

Yes. A total lack of honesty and open discussion so nothing can be fixed. Ignorance is rewarded.

[@jeanfreestone2603]

Re homelessness, the Western states have been crippled by the 9th circuit ruling that prevented jurisdictions from controlling homeless camps. Finally, the Supreme court took up the issue last week. I'm hoping they will overturn the 9th circuit.

[@mdhen4]

You can get an idea what something is by the fruit it bears - despite all the rot in our educational system and public spaces, how do they see only utopia?

[@bacman5675]

Homeschool and then tradeschool

[@jackskvat5596]

Misaligned incentives have outcomes largely unaffected by the policy maker's intention. That is why it is crucial incentives are aligned to create outcomes based on evidence. To not question nor re-examine one's hypothesis and then allow misdiagnosis with aggressive prescriptions...the disease, which may have been treatable, can become worse and unmanageable. It is not a conspiracy yet some conspire with normative, anecdotal narratives not based in evidence are being applied as a moral salve, which does not scale to representing societal ethics.

[@davidhunt313]

_Separation of _*_Education and State_* is even more essential than _Separation of _*_Religion and State!!_*

[@jkbrown5496]

As Paul Graham wrote in December 2019 in his essay, 'The Lesson to Unlearn', the incentive of schooling is to get good grades, not real learning. Parents, teachers, colleges all look for good grades and don't test that the student still knows the information even a week later. But AI is the biggest threat to colleges, at least the Xerox copy of the professor majors, as computers are better at regurgitation without ratiocination. But the 'elite" universities have returned to their root of being luxury goods with luxury beliefs. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale were all just social status places. The Industrial Revolution came from the workshops of England, not the universities. When the industrialists showed up with cash to fund research into their inventions, the colleges and academics suddenly got over their technophobia. Well, the Liberal Arts professors just picked up a grudge against those "vocational" majors.

[@airborneranger-ret]

It's not just incompetance. In Illnois and you can reasonably assume other states have the same problem), there's considerable pressure to offer what the neighbors offer. CS/CIS programs in Cyber-security, for example where thrown together, rubber-stamped approval, and taught by people who really don't know what they are about. The students have no idea going in, losing time and money thinbking they are learning (Cisco Certified Network Associate -related training for example).

[@jameswest4819]

I enjoyed going to college, as a "gray-hair," and the geology class I took was educational. I was a little disturbed by the teacher's ideology about how bad cows were for the climate, considering there was little more than his belief supporting his view about cows. It was, overall, a very good course, but I couldn't help but wonder, if a student disagreed with the teacher's view on cows, if that would influence his grade in some subliminal way, or if the students weren't being intentionally influenced by that ideology.

[@noone-gf5op]

"I would believe that they are in service to a foreign enemy state" now listen. I reject conspiracy theories as much as the next realist, but... between the money pouring into universities from america's worst enemies, and the complete apathy the utter chaos we are seeing from legislative ranks and democratic leaders everywhere: I wouldn't be surprised anymore. I ask myself what are they thinking and what must be their motive and sometimes this is honestly the only answer

[@Offhisrocker]

Colleges are bubble worlds for over intellectualizing young people especially the dominant females who do not even seem have the basic skills to survive out in the world economically on their own and whose parents think it will give them a boost to a top earning jobs by buying them their first car or paying their rent and giving them a credit card and an iphone without earning or managing it and by paying for their college. My parents did the tough love brought on by being born into Depression era parents. I thought that when I did do some college that those types of students were there then as now. They feel lost and guilty for not being able to accomplish it all by themselves.

[@machinech183]

Colleges may not be surprising, but it is crucial that people do not confuse this matter with public schools. A mandated shift back to an academic-focused curriculum would be a positive move. It should be accompanied by the elimination of ideology and followed by rigorous and comprehensive screening of teachers and administrators at all levels, along with the removal of DEI. A return to performance-based evaluations is necessary. Alarmingly, a significant number of students are graduating with an education level that falls below that of some third-world countries.

[@bjty5615]

Our ed standing is steady dropping against the world. Dumbing teaching.

[@RandyGiven]

9:13 Is that taxonomy graphic available online?

[@PeterTaviawkNews]

Critical thinkers seek truth, intellectuals seek to manipulate

[@spunkitydoda]

Institutionalizing anything corrupts the ideal behind it.

[@user-io3xo7dz1f]

You can’t build a society on an ideological and philosophical vacuum. You have to choose the best ideological and philosophical framework on which to build a society. The best and proven ideological and philosophical framework to build society. The Judeo-Christian philosophy remains the best by far. No other philosophy comes even close.

[@goldiesg]

Colleges produce a generation of mindless zombies.

[@wadetisthammer3612]

9:13 - the graph

[@elissalipman6600]

the question to ask is what is the ultimate goal of education and whose agenda is running the show?

[@drnono3386]

They are literally colonising the curriculum

[@SandorFekete]

The whole thing is definitely corrupt.

[@markfrank0924]

Education, as we know it, cannot be saved; our methods and curricula must be completely restructured. What are valuable needs to be reconsidered and put back into practice? Race is the wrong avenue for building an educational system.

[@paulksacco]

Think: The Chinese Cultural Revolution.

[@user-we2qv1cx6x]

The first three minutes said alot. My feelings exactly. Unfortunate but I don’t see any other reason. The radicals “arguments” are ridden with contradiction and irrationality and fly in the face of history. Many days it makes me sick to my stomach, but have to stay strong if I want to survive .