Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

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In this video we examine how public schools and the mainstream media have contributed to the growth of a passive citizenry, thus paving the way for the rise of tyranny. We then look at the role anti-authoritarians play in a free and flourishing society.
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[@qwqwqwqw99]

I wasn't interested in learning until I got out of school.

[@kanajingly8957]

Same here

[@alexharrigan9810]

Same

[@emperorhadrian6011]

Yeah,

[@hannahnymous]

SAME

[@cds9195]

Me too. Wow

[@asvaldr4854]

"No one is hated more than the man who tells the truth." - Plato

[@camillakrueger190]

Funny though, same guy who said books were bad. Guess you can't get it all right.

[@whatslief9375]

Welcome to my world... Escaped from Plato's Cave over 5 years ago...Stay Well..

[@rominetheband1]

@John Carboni Yet Christianity is the second most popular religion on the planet. I guess jesus was bad at math.

[@baileys6346]

To be fair, plato was totally a dick

[@orioncade6228]

Absolutely.. Jesus Christ is the Way, "The Truth", and the Life.. He was also hated and murdered for it.. "You will be hated by everyone, because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved" --Matthew --10:22----

[@yearight1205]

School kills your desire to learn. After being at a distance from it for some time, I began to strongly want to start learning all kinds of new things. It's a nightmare that they do this to people.

[@savannahpowell3504]

I feel the same way ..

[@Butterflygirl327]

It’s Barbaric .

[@charleswest6372]

Getting good grades is stupid. All the wasted time could be used to build your talent God put in you.

[@genaldgalicia5834]

then y'all complain that asians and other immigrants earn more than y'all

[@kathycavitt3089]

Exactly Right!!

[@lipp1992]

"Self education, is the best education." Words I tell my sons every year.

[@Laocoon283]

It's the only education. I get so disgusted when I hear people complain that their teachers never taught them anything. YOUR SUPPOSED TO TEACH YOURSELF IDIOT. Stop relying on someone else to magically install wisdom in your vapid little head.

[@gregorysagegreene]

I would tell my son "You don't want to learn how fucked up things really are."

[@thetavibes9021]

We are taught *what* to think, not *how* to think.

[@thepaleoconservativefortru5707]

"To find out who controls you, first find out who you aren't allowed to criticize...."-

[@reesedaniel5835]

Bingo. See my above reply to Thyago's comment.

[@theofulk5636]

NOBODY !

[@SunTowel]

Parents

[@SunTowel]

There controlled so they control us

[@amihere383]

@@tard6759 What control does this video exert over people?

[@georgedonnellan36]

Controlled Obedience. Here's a quote by Mark Twain." I never let school get in the way of my education."

[@madmaxrerisen]

Once you learn the lie, it is very hard to unlearn it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGe3amSGlM-fqNU

[@allenwatkins4972]

I had an "F" average in HS, 0.5 GPA or some such. They let me graduate because they didn't want me back. I graduated university with a 3.25 GPA. HS sucked mightly.

[@guessdog4871]

Yes, obedience and respect for authority is paramount, in school and in church. It makes for good workers.

[@phabebarcelona863]

Brilliant statement Independence thinking

[@blackreacher]

If we all were critical thinkers, there would never be a nation because of a lack of slaves

[@stevearnold8265]

The purpose of school is to get you used to waking up and doing something you don’t wanna do for 8 hours a day. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@markmorris8532]

Not really...although it is true that you'll eventually most likely have to get a job of some sort. So, it might be an important thing to learn 😅. Part of your education should include parental investment. Your parents likely want you to do better than they have. And that should be something that tempers the group-think that school MAY require. Unfortunately, schools don't usually have courses in HOW to think. And THAT is something that could definitely offset any difficulties that would arise in a setting where pupils must learn certain (rr&a) things in a group.

[@carmenortiz5294]

There was a time when school was something to look forward to, too bad kids now get the worse of it.

[@Nostalgicus]

😂👊

[@Nostalgicus]

@@carmenortiz5294 ?? Curious about wich school you went to .. 😂😅

[@carmenortiz5294]

@@Nostalgicus I actually went to a lot of schools. An example: I began the 7th grade in California, continued in Puerto Rico and finished in Germany. My father was in the military. Not counting college, 8 schools.

[@shihyuchu6753]

The greatest teaching is not telling people WHAT to think...but HOW to think

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Sadly, your statement is considered heretical in most countries, especially the more "advanced" ones.

[@Zizzyyzz]

🎯

[@petebusch9069]

Too bad they don't do that.

[@basedmathh]

And for you what does that mean? Give and example maybe not just an empty parroted platitude?

[@petebusch9069]

@@basedmathh Apparently you weren't taught the HOW to think part.

[@chrispowers3317]

"It is easier to lie to people than to convince them they have been lied to." - Mark Twain

[@carlosgaspar8447]

there is the saying about ignorance being bliss; and how that relates to the garden of eden.

[@germaniatv1870]

Adolf Hitler said that.

[@peterschulze491]

Paraphrasing Twain - A lie can travel around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

[@lovehate4666]

I always thought was "It is easier to fool someone, than it is to convince them they have been fooled" either way, I find it to be true.

[@IwaysKeepMOMMINd]

Does not work for the open minded people.

[@duewhit310]

They want soldiers they want voters they want consumers. What they dont want is patient, resourceful critical thinkers.

[@dawnsantiago3797]

Amen!

[@dickrichard626]

The government is simply always trying to maintain the status quo and doesn't care about every individual that much, that is, unless you do something wrong. In other words, you can be as patient, resourceful, and critically thinking as much as you want and at the end of the day: "Who gives a $#!+?" LOL.

[@duewhit310]

@@dickrichard626 do "something wrong" = arbitrary

[@dickrichard626]

@@duewhit310 lol, I don't see it as arbitrary. I'm actually confused by that. What do I know? I just have my view, which is that the government and money is a fabrication and in fact many aspects of living in society are fabrications and conventions that exsist to keep the wheels of society turning one way or another. If it was left to any individual, everything would collapse. The state of the globalized economy is incomprehensible to human beings. If you really want to get real, what isn't arbitrary? Ultimately, we are conditioned to actually have a hard time seperating what is real, from things that are in reality, totally absract and arbitrary. It's all very complicated and paradoxical. Language itself is an example of what I'm saying. We use words, which themselves are letters that represent sounds that mean things in your mind, but the meaning behind these things is actually attributed by your own mind and the actual meaning itself doesn't exsist anywhere... It makes no sense and shouldn't work, but against all odds it does work and we are all able to do this easily, but no one thinks about the fact that it is paradoxical and mindblowing, because there is no way to even begin creating a very straight forward objective language without diving head first into abstraction...

[@duewhit310]

@@dickrichard626 have you read 'quantum psychology' by Robert Anton Wilson or 'science & sanity' by A. Korzybski? (As far as language & epistemology goes, yes we live in a world of alphabet soup inside our brains)

[@jubileeYAVEL]

As a homeschool kid who has grown into an adult I am begging parents PLEASE school your own children. It is the best thing you could do for them. And i don't care if you think you are not qualified not only are you perfectly qualified but there are so so many affordable resources and so many people willing to help.

[@sylviadizon8872]

Need help we are so stressed we feel were not able to home school can some one let us know were we can find some useful resources???😊

[@carla4260]

Homeschooled kids cannot get jobs because of their bad social skills.

[@pointbreak2811]

I've always felt this way about school. Getting good grades just means you're winning the system.

[@p15209]

School is a long and troubling video-game

[@qua7771]

It means compliance.

[@markmorris8532]

Or, it means some are "good" at some subjects, and some aren't. What you must remember is that you have worth, and you are capable of things that maybe others aren't. Eveyone can contribute, no matter what anyone else says.

[@qua7771]

@@markmorris8532 The indoctrination system dumbs students down at things they are good at, and discourages individualism. Questioning official narratives, and expressions of is considered deviant behavior.

[@DarthCovider]

@@markmorris8532 Problem is the school system doesn’t care about any of that. You are judged as a collective, your individual gifts, interests, talents not taken into account. It’s terrible for the self steam of the young ones.

[@Mike-ie8np]

Its easy to fool people. Its convincing them they've been fooled is the real challenge.

[@karvn1148]

Damn straight

[@NecroMancer88]

@Seeking Deliverance Anti-Semitism and racism in general is part of the elites trap to misdirect the masses from the true problems and finding out who's really been exploiting them.

[@kaytrout3836]

This is so sadly true. I can’t count the times I’ve had discussions about topics I’m fairly versed on with people who had nothing but assumptions or the mainstream narrative on the subject. It always starts thats conspiracy then after being presented with all the facts the ego won’t let them let go of the cognitive dissonance

[@fredatlas4396]

That's what's happened with the brexiteers, they've been easily fooled, but you cannot convince them of that fact, even with loads of information, evidence.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Kay Trout Doesn’t it drive you nuts? Sometimes it feels like the norm for the loudest and most confident to in reality be the most clueless individuals, who lack even the self-awareness to realize that they are arguing against someone who obviously has a better grasp on the topic at hand. Instead of taking the opportunity to learn something, they double down and insult.

[@artiecg4184]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire

[@childofthe60s100]

Yes - that's how all religions operate!

[@stephencollins2604]

@@childofthe60s100 not all Buddhists are mostly OK So are the Sith

[@kevinslattery5748]

Think: coNvid-19, Global warming by CO2 US debt 🇮🇱US hegemony 🇮🇱

[@childofthe60s100]

@GuruTruthSpeak Yet another foul mouthed, indoctrinated faux christian. Keep on spreading the good word!

[@kneegrow8486]

Yeah, such as, Evolution, & The Spinning Ball Earth Man is smart Alien=A Lie n 2 u

[@berthaantoinettamason9207]

I used to be the quiet kid, and was proud of it. But as an adult, I realized that being the obedient one for them meant I had no opinions of my own and finally woke up to how they just wanted an easier job. I believed that being obedient was good, because all adults want easy kids and teenagers. I was brainwashed by all adults to be submissive. I was so gullible. I should have been led to enjoy learning and to be confident. All of this was wrong: walking in line, telling us to be quiet, forcing us to stay in our seats until a bell rings (they don't even say that class is over, they've resorted to a planned noise), no clock in the room and no cell phones allowed, making us ask and wait to go to the bathroom, uncomfortable seats, hanging grades over our heads like treats (and now you can't make any mistakes or you lose that precious A), group punishments, always giving punishment for being difficult for them (never mind any differences from the factory model of human), giving no room for how we best individually learn, zero choice in what we learn, using memorization instead of how it all connects, textbooks that are a list of definitions that don't connect, penalizing lateness or taking a day off (because you will need this in the future, so hmm, lets do it now too), weak teachers not being penalized for a whole class that's confused, teachers not caring that other teachers are giving homework or textbooks to carry around, having homework when we were at school for so many hours already, short gym shorts but no shorts that you brought in can be short, not allowed to defend yourself from a bully but the teacher won't help either, teachers reading powerpoints, word counts instead of concise explanation, scantrons that subtract test time so the teacher saves time, no late work because we must be perfect and obedient with our learning, test corrections where you must teach yourself what you did wrong while being graded this second time on the same mistakes, group work where everyone is expected to do equally split up work instead of teamwork, and whatever else.

[@p15209]

I am just like you in school (myself 15yo), and facing the consequences outside of school.

[@yurishaa.9337]

damn I hope those abominations of education world never leave the most torturous of hell, whatever that hell might be.

[@berthaantoinettamason9207]

@@user-ts5lz2fc7f 1. Doing what someone wants will make them like you more. This is true. The reason to be obedient is if there is a perceived fair treatment in return. 2. Being obedient brings benefits to the one obeying. In the case of Chinese students, they are overworked because of stricter parents. This pressure would make them more successful. But the question here is if the sacrifice of freedom and time is worth it. What if there can be more to a human than being the correct robot? What happened to the idealism of wanting to do better? If we only obey, we do not contribute good ideas. Society could do better if everyone became their individual best self and could contribute from their best. 3. If respect is not given, the person not receiving respect should re-evaluate why. If most students don't listen, then maybe it is for reasons. Even if these are wrong reasons, it should still be investigated. 4. Authority is not always right. Look at the Sewol ferry disaster. They obeyed to their watery grave. 5. Try telling a young kid that they think they are more valuable than they truly are, and see how they feel.

[@eclipse369.]

you can be defiant and quiet lol.......

[@eclipse369.]

@@user-ts5lz2fc7f the chinese are slaves, regardless of their book smarts, they are robotic cowards

[@tomparker5993]

While in my freshman year of college, I had a friend (an alumnus of my college) tell me, "Don't let college interfere with your real education." That advice turned out to be more life changing than I realized at the time.

[@seabass6811]

The biggest thing I learned from school was how to feel massively depressed and anxious.

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

same!

[@sidhu139]

ddddavid1956 You forgot to add an article, Mr. Teacher. It's supposed to be - I'm A teacher.

[@thanoscube8573]

that hits close to home 💀

[@sofihamdanulhuda4149]

Same

[@aganib4506]

Another thing is that we are supposed to parrot what teachers tell us, and not have a mind of our own. I hate public school so much because I could not made any deep connections with my classmates at the time since I was so focused on getting good grades and being mindlessly obedient to the system. Now, I am a proud anarchist that is trying to speak his mind and connect with others unlike before.

[@ericellis3506]

Start questioning authority nowadays and you soon get labelled "conspiracy theorist" or "truther".

[@Jurleena1]

Well ain't that the truth.

[@loganwolv3393]

Yeah 99% of the times conspiracy theories are just deeply deluded people that are supported by some other sheeps just because it isn't what most people or what authorities say.Remember the truth most of the time will never be found at the extremes.It's usally around the middle.

[@williamfulgham2010]

@@loganwolv3393 it depends on who 'they' are who determines where the middle is. The masses of people may fall into the middle category where the system has totally distorted the truth, and you really have to be outside the system questioning everything, and doing your own research before you even come close to the truth. Things are turning however, because after almost 60 years, more and more people now realize we have been lied to concerning JFK, RFK, MLK, and more recently Oklahoma City, Waco, and 911 along with countless other smaller events that the MSM, and all levels of government continue to lie about.

[@richardtrudeau7363]

Everyone thinks I'm a Conspiracy Theorist.Cause I don't believe what s is Fed to me.My opinion is who Died and made you God.

[@christsrevenge8030]

Eric Ellis. I bet you are a holocoust denier as well.

[@MaxurYT]

One of the hardest things about school is even in times where you have immense creativity and a want for learning, school drains all of that out of you by forcing you to memorize information and not really learn it

[@kiq654]

Creativity like sorting socks by color instead of just having one yearly sock purchase? What creative can you do besides artsy crap if you have no skills?

[@ClashColors_]

@@kiq654there is so much more you can do with creativity. creativity is not just having to do with stuff like paintings and drawings, but it can also have to do with stuff like math, coding, etc. maybe creativity can help you direct movies or write scripts! so much you can do

[@Existomalus]

I've learned more on KZbin than I did during all of my schooling years. And I continue that pattern to this day

[@thewewguy8t88]

Oddly enough I feel like I am learning that even learning subjects I am interested in I have 2 problems 1 I learn things at a very slow pace and 2 my mind sees things differently then most people would and does. Like things that are nesscary to do for most people seem unneeded and a bit impractical most of the time for me.

[@petebusch9069]

You have a you tube degree also, me too. I have about 20 of them.

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@user-ts5lz2fc7f yeah that is a frustrating truth for the most part :/

[@winrylust6947]

​@@user-ts5lz2fc7frelax

[@basedmathh]

Have you obtained some epistemic framework from which you can ascertain the validity of certain information?

[@nolives]

"just smart enough to run the machines and push buttons. Not smart enough to ask questions."-George Carlin.

[@kendalbridges897]

Close enough for a George Carlin quote

[@nolives]

@@kendalbridges897 yeah I butcher qoutes. Its a habit of mine. Also didn't realize I didn't out carlins name.

[@cockatooinsunglasses7492]

He dropped out of 9th grade because he was literally too smart for their bullshit.

[@bethanyramos8884]

Demiurge Shadow George saw it for what it is.

[@JJLeetsauce]

Don't EVER use quotation marks if you don't DIRECTLY quote what was said, that's Why we invented quotation marks...DON'T fuck up even one word bro...

[@EverythingAlwaysGoesMyWay]

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. It's a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein

[@mjolnirswrath23]

@@rememberthesabbathdayexodu1185 yeah that's another layer of the onion, the TRUTH us far more Simple and Sinister, Artificial intelligence decided to Enslave mankind instead of destroy it...where do you turn you do not see a SMART device on or around you? Even homeless people have SMART devices, Even the wealthy are Slaves to Socialisten Media...those are Paid Actor's reading script's....AI activated by DARPA labs in 1999...code name Red Queen...

[@KentonJoseph]

Its like government. You have what you deserve. Whining only makes you look pathetic. You don't like it? Change it.

[@lohengramm7798]

@@KentonJoseph neither the government , nor the school system can be changed alone.

[@lohengramm7798]

@@snickaren111 needs massive support

[@pauldailey4477]

Shut up.

[@getschwifty9531]

School didn't educate me, it conditioned me.

[@lyfeoutlook7848]

I basically peaked academically in 7th grade. I was at a college level in every subject, got nothing but 100% on end of year state tests (I was proud since in 6th grade I got 94-98% on some), then because I was so understimulated and practically reviewing for the rest of middle and highschool, It was downhill from there. So either A) my self education was so effective I was able to complete primary education in nearly half the time or B) the education system neglected me and wanted to have students like me be stifled so other students didn't feel bad. At least that was the reasoning given to me for why I couldn't skip grades. Personally, I think the system is half as effective AND is designed to stifle.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

I gave up on school in 6th grade. It all ultimately amounted to nothing and I lost interest. All that mattered were averaged out state tests scores in the spring. In the class room, if you can score well on tesrs and do some extra credit, you can avoid homework. If you can turn in all your homework, you can fail the tests. All this and you can get a passing grade as long as your attendance is in order.

[@markmorris8532]

This is partially why I believe in "social promotion". I think school is for learning basics (rr&a), and to introduce students to i some important history. Those who have a need to learn, will have a fire lit under them. Those who aren't interested in wider subjects, can get training for a job.

[@skip031890]

I was the same way until middle school. I just gave up and started flunking out because I just didn't want to do it anymore. I was always the smartest kid in the class and was always 5 steps ahead of the other students. There used to be this talented and gifted program that I used to wonder why I was never put in it because I knew I should have been a part of it. They had all the dumbest students in it and I never understood why, though I never questioned it out loud. Years later as an adult, I found out that parents were actually demanding that schools put their children into the program even if they were not qualified. Figures.

[@sigma_six]

Those who don't read the papers are uninformed; those who do are misinformed - Mark Twain

[@jesusisback2385]

very true!

[@pommygeezer9309]

I thought that was Denzel Washington who said that? 🤣

[@daveholloway3278]

The intelligent children are the ones asking the questions.

[@wallyswarzone1077]

My family is so programmed they act like it's A crime to question the T.V. That's brainwashing at it's best in my opinion. GOD BLESS

[@illuforce]

Yah,when I tell my family that we shouldn't just jump to conclusions from a less than 10 second video and we need to much more video and information they act like i'm crazy that I would question it.

[@joshuaroa8503]

my grandparents looked and talked to me like I was a murderer when I said that the news in my country (Paraguay) where over-exagerating and over-alarming the public with the covid thing, saying stuff like ''if we keep going out, if we keep breaking the quarantine, we are going to be like those countries that couldn't handle the pandemic and people died in the midle of the streets, corpses laying around on the sidewalk, hundreds of dead every day!'' Excuse me? I don't hear anything like that on the USA or Brazil and they are supposed to be the worst hit countries around. It's blatant fear mongering and exageration for the sake of it and I couldn't believe that they were talking with those words to people who believe everything they say. My grandparents said to me ''Is for young people like you that we are getting worse here! people who don't believe any of this is real and just do whatever they want without caring about others like us!'' wich couldn't be further from the truth, because I'm not like that at all. I go out everyday to run and exercise and the world is just fine, it's like nothing ever happened, but for my grandparents, sitting on the tv all day it must seem like the world is ending out there.

[@madmaxrerisen]

Hard for people to understand truth, when their baseline of truth, is a lying media. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raKkqqRumLahgZI

[@CountStoczkowski]

Am I the only one who noticed the irony at the end of this comment? GOD BLESS. LMAO

[@allemander]

*its best Not it’s

[@PaulMielcarz]

After I completed high school I was totally unprepared for the adult life. The tragic part is that the high school diploma in Poland is called "matura" and it is often called a "maturity examination". Imagine a "maturity" where you are COMPLETELY clueless about all things which actually matter in the real life outside of school. XD

[@catherinelw9365]

Best teacher I ever had was my father. Taught me how to read when I was in kindergarten. Gave me all the books I wanted so I always had plenty to read. Got me interested in history and I still read history books to this day. Discussed current events, politics, and was always involved if I had any problems with learning or understanding things. RIP, Dad, you are the one who gave me the desire to always learn, and to be informed.

[@markmorris8532]

I agree. If parents aren't involved in a student's life, the student may not find value in what they're learning in school. And the parent may be able to help the student to pick out fallacies and unfairness in the system that the student is in...and may be able to help the student rectify problems.

[@skip031890]

That's amazing. I wish I could have had that experience growing up, but sadly, I did not.

[@bobkaiser8782]

I once saw a meme of a brick wall with the phrase "Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love" spray painted on it.

[@russpearson9802]

Brilliant

[@fobbitoperator3620]

That's fuck'n deep, man...

[@mvj1153]

And what religion is to spirituality...

[@codex_logos]

What atheism is to the mystery of life 🕊🕯🕆

[@YamiKisara]

That's a quote from Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He comes from a highly religious lebanese family. He's Christian, how shocking to all your atheist lot, I know, lol.

[@KarateWrestler205]

Schools are made to teach you to listen to authority not to think for yourself.

[@charlottehanna3860]

And send you in for your Capitalists WHACKS Corporal Punishment. Daily I went to the Dean's Office for a beating. Then, when I told them that they were sheep! Haha! I turned 16. I went to school that day. Held my hand up for 45 minutes to get help with my Algebra! She, the teacher, ignored me because the students wete correcting her work on the chalk board. I got up, left tge class. Gave my book back to the teacher, only to be told that I couldn't do that. I said, Watch me! Went to the Dean's Office, and dropped, (tossed), all of their books in a chair. Said Buhbye, as the Dean of Girls at Forest Hill H.S., in West Palm Beach, Florida lost her erection know that I was tooooo smart for them. I told her, touch me again. Watch what happens then!

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Nor do schools teach how to be self reliant.

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@Jacob Yes I agree! But the government has soo much more power over all of us!

[@wakeup2241]

These guys are very good at explaining the deceit of the institutions Doctor from England kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITKnGdqd6ppbcU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmtfWmIedRsjqM Reporter on new world order Subscribe to their channel and share the video Fullerton on the technology to kill us that looks like a virus. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5OQc4ppnamDeZI We need to get this info out to the public

[@TT-hl5ql]

🎯

[@xlntnrg]

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." - Bertrand Russell

[@cole5601]

I've always had very high grades, however I have always understood that my curiosity and potential are not what is being graded, but my ability to do what each teacher wants based on what they praise students for. You can never win being yourself and genuinely showing an interest for the topic, because most of the times the teacher cares less than you about it. I remember cutting down on research during middle school to be able to pass my History tests, because I couldn't physically invest all the time I wanted learning about each topic without it hindering my performance. Nowadays I still enjoy learning and I'm glad I took care of myself and almost never let myself get beaten up by the school system. Learning is a core part of my happiness.

[@kellysue8597]

"Politicians should be changed just as often as diapers... and for the same reason." -Mark Twain

[@marmaladoe]

Haha!! Hadn't heard that one before... love it!! Lol!

[@diablocell]

Now that's comedy!

[@lgjhmovies]

daaaamn kelly u just got SMACKED

[@lgjhmovies]

@@kellysue8597 i was serious btw

[@lgjhmovies]

I was kidding btw

[@DarksteelHeart]

This reminds me of a time near the end of high school, I was in an Algebra class and the teacher was... found lacking. He would give us 100 problems every day. And the only example he gave was the first problem. He gave us pages to read, then just left us to figure it out. The point is that I came to a correct answer by a different method, the answer was right, and I showed my work. He scolded me and asked me to do it again in front of him. When I did and it figured out right, I got in trouble for talking back. If the education system was pure, I'd have been praised for thinking outside the box and finding a new answer.

[@CJ-kn1cj]

Sadly, that’s what common core math is now. They force the students to show their work but, they have to go the same route that “they” deem correct. Even if the student has the correct answer, by figuring out a different path, they are graded as incorrect. That’s stupid! They are trying to create robots.

[@DarksteelHeart]

@@CJ-kn1cj from birth we are taught to walk and talk, but as grow up the system tells us to sit down and shut up.

[@Metanaut1]

I asked my 7th grade history teacher in first period, " why do we say the pledge of allegiance every morning?" She told everyone to put their heads on their desks, and sit there quietly, Until I lead us in the pledge of allegiance. It was my first epiphany, the longer we sat there with my refusal, the more angry and dirty looks I got from my classmates, rather than be mad at the authority figure who imposed this punishment, I became the target, I look back in fascination, at how power is used.

[@tigerlilly3727]

'talking back'. theres a concept thats only used by mentally inferior people that are hooked on the rush of power. whether cops, parents, teachers, lieutenants....its an admission of inferiority, armed with a night stick!

[@tigerlilly3727]

@@Metanaut1 wow! thats exactly whats going on with the covid lockdows! people blame neighbors for them being locked up. by the way, that tactic was used in the stanford prison experiment, and it was tactics like that that caused the experiment to be cancelled - due to guards developing "sadistic tendencies" !

[@TheDani305]

School was the place where I learned to fight, to pick girls up, that I didn't like smoking , it gave me good social skills and showed that I could sleep while someone was talking. Other than that I can't remember learning anything of consequence.

[@luckyy3691]

You could have learned that out on the street instead 😭

[@darrylbunch6929]

Did U ever take an English class ?

[@petelee2477]

How do you learn to socialize in an environment where you aren't allowed to talk for the majority of the day? I learned how to socialize at work where I could actually speak without fear of being punished.

[@robdom91]

I was always an outsider, even in my community. Never liked going to school. But I did learn a lot in school! I learnt how not to behave when I looked at my classmates. I learnt how not to think when I looked at my teachers. They gave me some of the most useful bad examples to avoid at all costs! They hated my guts, but in the end, it benefited me greatly.

[@emmaaltintas7943]

They do not cut out the tongue for telling lies, they cut it out for speaking truths.

[@lunalongshadow7510]

Reminds me of Harry Potter writing lines " I will not tell lies"

[@THRITCHIE76]

I concur with your statement as I sit and ponder on the fate of Julian Assange. #FreeJulianAssange

[@DigitalDuelist]

Fucking powerful!

[@DigitalDuelist]

@@moneypenni1694 lmao!

[@SiliconBong]

You are my favourite person today!

[@Fair-to-Middling]

I homeschooled my kids through high school. Both of them turned out to be free thinkers. No regrets here.

[@Steve_305]

"Uh oh that's dangerous"

[@wbdangelos8393]

Did you teach them that the earth is a spinning globe? What did you present as evidence? Just curious.

[@ALJorgeHenrique]

@@wbdangelos8393 Earth is a pyramid, ignorant fool!

[@blackwizard2208]

@@ALJorgeHenrique no bruh its a trapezium

[@squeezebug23]

Doing it here too. I know I won’t hv regrets.

[@zodarian6705]

I will not obey, I will not submit, I will not comply.

[@zodarian6705]

@@invisible_empire not tough, just goddamn stubborn Irishman

[@zodarian6705]

@@invisible_empire you have no idea who the fuck I am! And you can kiss my ass while you're at it

[@zodarian6705]

@@invisible_empire and another thing while I'm at it, I am a veteran. That means I swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies foreign and domestic. One of those constitutional rights is freedom of religion. Now I am an atheist, but what people choose to believe or not is none of my damn business. And if anyone group gets out of hand well by golly that's what the Second Amendment is for. In closing don't judge people you don't fucking know!

[@zodarian6705]

@@invisible_empire you can't honestly be that fucking clueless! Obviously that means I'm an American of Irish descent. And at damn near 60 years old yeah, I know who the fuck I am. And you are a mere troll have a lovely evening

[@richardvasquez9668]

Rockafeller made the school system not a bunch of thinkers;he made us to be a bunch of workers.

[@bruno581]

"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."-Voltaire

[@thenewtalkerguy496]

Wow great quote.

[@atomictraveller]

let me guess, no mention of charlotte iserbyt no mention of freemasonry iserbyt was reagan's secretary of education, penned "the deliberate dumbing down of america" concerning masonic collusion. congratulations reader, you've gleaned the single pertinent information on this page.

[@marp00n]

atomictraveller who gave this nigga a dictionary i stfg 🤦‍♂️😂

[@delbertosborne2390]

They who fall victim to others, will be controlled by those who don't. --- debo --- 2020

[@delbertosborne2390]

They who fall victim to others, will be controlled by those who don't. --- debo ---2020

[@KevinFitzMauriceEverett]

“And self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” -Issac Asimov

[@trevorbailey1486]

Wherever did he get that idea?

[@renzob.4501]

@@trevorbailey1486 probably from years of teaching himself

[@harryhagan5937]

Henry Ford said something like "The best education is from the school of hard knocks. The problem is its graduates are too old."

[@johnnyblade6088]

Self taught individuals are commonly referred to as "Autodidacts".

[@KevinFitzMauriceEverett]

@@johnnyblade6088 Yes, because it means self-taught.

[@RealAlbo4life]

I have learned so much more from self-education at home than I ever did during my schooling all the way to my university years. I watch a lot of different documentaries, videos, and I also read a lot to help me think critically.

[@LPY-eq3ow]

When I was in tenth grade we had to read Night by Elie Wiesel, a tragic story of the holocaust. But my English teacher made us go through it way too fast, like a chapter every class, which was too fast-paced for my reading patience, so I bought that book later on so I could read it at my own pace and actually remember it.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

"Schools build walls in which to contain minds"--Thoreau

[@peterribolli8300]

Julian Assange is a perfect example.... "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

If you are ready for a real change, for some honesty and accountability, look into the Polstrat Project - watch, contact, join.

[@user-nc9pc3gr4c]

He did publish government secrets. That is against the law

[@peterribolli8300]

@@user-nc9pc3gr4c . So it's wrong to expose criminals?

[@user-nc9pc3gr4c]

@@peterribolli8300 Turns out it takes countries to make laws, not Assange. When you become a national security concern, you put yourself on the radar. I don't recall the entire story, but I did at one point. But from my lack of memory both Assange and Snowden both did some admirable things, but they also broke the law in separate things. So they did good, and then for a lack of judgement, they published government secrets. They had other choices. Maybe I'm wrong, but everything I remember leads me to this

[@peterribolli8300]

@@user-nc9pc3gr4c . Ask yourself, did anyone get hurt in the disclosure? No. Were criminals exposed? Yes. Why weren't the mainstream media who also published Assanges information prosecuted? Collusion. Cheers:)

[@beatleme2]

“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity” -Albert Einstein

[@RaqueLauren]

I don't think schools need to work too hard to dumb us down. We do a pretty darn good job of that ourselves.😂 I've witnessed the biggest unintentional social experiment of all in my lifetime. Unlimited information at our fingertips 24/7 and yet the amount of people who are willfully ignorant about literally everything never ceases to amaze me. Basically, we've failed this experiment.

[@KevinFitzMauriceEverett]

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” ―Walter Scott

[@a.b.miller2585]

My favorite people all have a common connection. They either withdrew or were pulled out by a parent from the public school system. These stars in my world think so far and beyond anyone else in all subjects, its so impressive. However, they also carry a varying degree of embarrassment by it. It angers me that these truly gifted people now have a deep rooted complex that was given to them as children by the very system that we entrusted to build them up and how careless words in impressionable years cause catastrophic damage to a developing mind,body and soul.

[@jasonlee6227]

They must be a minority in todays world judging by the large population of students in public schools.

[@doctorartphd6463]

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

[@KevinFitzMauriceEverett]

@@doctorartphd6463 “And self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” -Issac Asimov

[@doctorartphd6463]

@@KevinFitzMauriceEverett Agreed: Experience is the best teacher for sure !

[@petefarmer3514]

As Bob Marley said, ''If I was an educated man? I would be an ignorant man''.

[@a2thee270]

He also said Old.pirates just a RABBi

[@radiantrenee406]

Bob was way ahead of his time even then, I know it's an understatement

[@darrenthompson8608]

Amen !!!!!

[@petefarmer3514]

@mark heyne Well, have you taken a good look at the so called Ivey league schools, lately? Take a good look at the likes of some of our anti semantic people that are in gov't positions....and where do you think they got, educated? Pretty, pathetic, and or sad....so, if I understand you. The way to go is to get brainwashed by, so called educated professors? Really sad, for what the democrats have done, doing.... Crazy times we live. God Bless Everyone

[@crossedlightning1]

@@petefarmer3514 I find most college educated don't have commonsense

[@kirani111]

Idk what kind of public schools you guys went to, but mine had seminars, national debate tournaments, dance, theater, music and visual arts college-level classes and freedom to choose your own curriculum outside of federal requirements. I truly appreciate the teachers who kept their opinions to themselves but forced us to come up with our own, going outside of the textbooks and standardized tests to show us contrasting versions of history and politics.

[@generator6946]

I left it one day. Just got up in the middle of class and went home. Never went back for any reason. All I know now I learned on my own. Bought books. Watched Documentaries. I'm still learning.

[@peyton4719]

I've always hated school. Not because I didn't want to learn, but because I hated the way that they presented the knowledge to me. This video honestly scares me because people are addressing the issue but not enough to make a change.

[@wachamakolit1]

Me too...

[@DGDDice]

@Smokey Mafia I did the bare minimum as well despite the teachers saying that if I pushed myself I could get higher marks from what they gotten from me when they talk to me but to me I wasn't interested in filling out a paper that most times wouldn't do anything to help me in the real world and was more to increase my own teachers ego so they could flaunt their students results to the others. my teachers hated me for asking constantly for the practicality of what they were teaching.

[@zaraal-laleh6937]

@@DGDDice how do you ask the practicality of their teaching? (Like example questions bc I want to offend my teachers😭)

[@DGDDice]

@@zaraal-laleh6937 Try to ask them when class is over if you really don't want to offend. Just ask them how can you use what they been teaching outside of school. use examples of what you know you can use outside of school for example mental arithmetic for when you go shopping and point out the things you can't see yourself using outside of lessons and ask where is the practicality of those things in the real world for the average person. don't settle for a wishy-washy answer they may try to give to try and bat you away.

[@Sweetmotion23]

What’s funny is this is what common core is supposed to fix….do you know that they make teachers find relational situations to their students in lessons now? I do, cuz I have to do it as a special education teacher. Believe it or not there are teachers out there that care but didn’t know how to present the information and still don’t. I can say they are trying to make school more fun and relational as well as practical but it is kinda hard when iPads and Tiktok make a kids attention span 5 seconds long. When iPads are the first babysitters in a child’s life, it changes their brain and attention span if not regulated appropriately, and in todays classrooms of elementary and middle school….that’s exactly the problem.

[@pooja350]

I'm glad I resisted it for 17 years. All I ever did was question things. Led me into a lot of trouble and I don't regret it.

[@maxalberts2003]

How's life as a gas station attendant working out for you?

[@jamesmonto9562]

@@maxalberts2003 The same can be said about most college graduates. They’ll enslave you with the loans to be working a job that isn’t in your field.

[@MG-qm8if]

And now they want us to take their so called vaccines which they created in order to 'save us'. Those who seek the truth will find it. kzbin.info Everyone please see this. Before you watch i warn you do not speak bad about the person or the message because if you are a Christian you will know of the only sin which is unforgiveable which is calling a gift from God as evil so please don't do this and instead ask Jesus for understanding. If non Christian and you haven't asked Jesus to come into your life and forgive you and save you then please do so, its the only way to save our souls. They are trying to make us unredeemable by changing our genetic makeup. I mean think about it its the first time a MRNA vaccine is being pushed and only at 10months. All of a sudden we have a virus and all the vaccines they're making are all MRNA vaccines. There is an agenda behind all of this. If sceptical I warn you again don't speak against the message in the video or the messenger but do your own research too. Look at the TED talk where Bill Gates spoke himself about the vaccination agenda to reduce the world population, he did say it, you can't fact check it as Facebook does to all the posts trying to reveal the truth. Even if conspiracy theories exist denying the truth and labelling everything a conspiracy theory is just ignorance. Look at the Georgia guides stones that say to maintain the population below a certain number. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ_Tn3WPnKx0iKc See this video on a Microbiologist explaining the truth of the pandemic. brandnewtube.com/v/75grLS Other healthcare professionals also express their concern.

[@peterschulze491]

@@MG-qm8if Antivaxxers can take a hike! Ask a virologist, a scientist, you numb-skull

[@coffintears5821]

@@peterschulze491 the corona virus vaccine has been known to change your dna your genetic make up

[@abw48]

I finished school at the age of 14 years and 6 months in a slum school in Glasgow Scotland, 1963, however I have never let my lack of schooling get in the way of my education.... Im now 74.

[@Invisible.fatty99]

Many of my best coworkers, mentors & great thinkers struggled in public school and flourished once they could self-study and pursue their passions

[@bobtoner9820]

I was a flunky in public school. My education began after high school. Who knew I would be much better off

[@jessesdomain444]

Same man. I was a d and c minus student not because I was slow but I just didnt care

[@adarksidecry]

@@jessesdomain444 same

[@yul4206]

Same said it for years our school have been designed to be a factory worker. Look into the era when they were Made everything and why its quite interesting.

[@dallashull1]

@@jessesdomain444 June

[@williammunny9916]

*_Jeremiah 23.29 “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?_* _Jesus Christ loves you. Repent and be saved. Only Jesus Christ saves. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family..._

[@TheDreamDetective888]

"I never let school get in the way of my education." -Mark Twain

[@zippyz4170]

Couldn't agree more with these statements. Up until 8th grade it was just pure hell of being bullied and harassed by nuns(catholic school) and kids. Once I went away to a boarding school out of state...things changed massively. I was able to challenge myself and find things I enjoyed and was passionate about. To this day I'm still curious and always learning new things from religion to tech to gardening to psychology and on and on. I thoroughly enjoy learning new subjects and I just find the world fascinating. A degree doesn't measure intelligent...it just shows that you can follow along to another persons demands.

[@sararatliff7707]

The topic of public education has actually been on my mind a lot lately. I think of all the things I wish I had been taught: skills like critical thinking, asking questions, trusting your gut/intuition, self confidence, collaboration. I also wish less time had been dedicated to rote academics and more physical, piratical skills: cooking, car repair, home repair, gardening, financial literacy, world current events, civics/government, how to stand up for yourself when you're mistreated. I wish that these things had been the focus of elementary and middle school, and that by high school, the students and teachers and parents had worked together to know what the student's learning style was and what their major interests were and how to best move forward, be that college/university or a trade school or some other vocational training. I did really well academically in elementary school. My mom had worked with me on number, letters, colors, the basic stuff you learned to get into kindergarten. I was at a pretty good reading level, but my knowledge of grammar and spelling were lacking. Math was terrible. Science was interesting some times, but the math aspect often got in the way. Looking back, I wish the pace of my learning and the way it was delivered could have been different. It seemed like everything went so fast, and we had to change gear at a moment's notice because we had another subject to worry about the next hour. I didn't feel like I had enough time to really ground myself, and I was too scared a lot of times to ask questions because I thought it meant I was stupid. Then in middle and high school you have way more reading and writing and homework to worry about. I found that I read slow, at the pace of standard American conversation. If I tried different study methods of skipping around the paragraph to try to get the main points, I would completely lose track of what was happening. I couldn't do the hard stuff first because I'd take forever. Summer vacation time also didn't help because all that time away from school made me forget stuff I had learned, which made it harder to keep up. I'm really a hands-on kind of person. I learn by being shown what to do, trying it out, being corrected if needed, then given lots of practice time. I also needed to be out of my house and in a separate space to focus on learning, because home had too many distractions. (Still does.) I also may be some form of diagnosed neurodivergant, which is its own set of issues that were never properly addressed. I was a "good" kid who didn't make that much of a fuss and did relatively well on tests, but I don't feel like I actually learned much that was useful. Hell, what little bit of college I have under my belt didn't do much for me. I wish we could scrap the current system and start over properly. But that's not what the billionaires want, so it's not likely to happen.

[@boblandon1707]

“ I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers” -John Rockefeller

[@ozymandias7392]

Bob Landon He designed the modern public school system. If you think “that’s bull” look it up “Rockefeller School Grant” and “Rockefeller Educational System” The modern school organization system seems oddly similar to it, class starts at the ring of a bell at 8, break at 10:30, lunch at 12-12:30, another break at 2 and the end of the day at 3:30.

[@boblandon1707]

Edward Ewing just like most hourly wage jobs too

[@wesleycaspers5461]

Also Walmart lol

[@trascendentalsunset]

That guy was the devil

[@TaylorB4Life]

Rockefellers who own the FDA and a huge chunk of big pharma and oil. While the Rothschilds own the banking institution. Dangerous families.

[@1satisfiedmind]

I learned more after I barely graduated from High School. I thought I was dumb, but I was dumbed down, I thought I hated learning, and knowledge, but I craved it. I found I loved to read, and read many books, built a library that dwarfed my record collection. Years later, when I returned to my home town to visit my friends no one had grown, all were the products of the system, fat and happily ignorant of the world

[@oceanrosethatsailsacrossth3466]

So true.No one can think for themselves these days

[@NarrowRoad4Jesus]

My life in a nutshell. I’m more successful and informed than the majority of my counterparts who have degrees in the “sciences”. I tell them and show them so many truths and facts, and they deny it all saying I’m the crazy one.

[@Sh4dxwxz]

Just go on facebook and see how much your old friends have changed. They haven't they're still the same as in highschool. Oblivious.

[@NarrowRoad4Jesus]

@@Sh4dxwxz that’s one reason I’m not on any social media (Facebook, Instagram...) it’s like some of them never grew up. 👍🏽

[@j.sony.]

Same

[@mistful5378]

So, yeah, I've been thinking of this for a while now. Why they prolonging a simple subject. Why they can't accept a every-man's way of explaining stuff. Thank god, that I no longer actually exist inside the class room mentally. It made everything so much easier when you don't care about anything anymore. When I get home, I'm learning on my own because it's a lot more pleasant. There are no tests and I can strive to be better each time. And the time schools leave me with is literally making me faster by the day. I actually cannot believe the progress I'm achieving right now. It's surreal.

[@BoricuaTaino]

12 years of my life wasted in school and i didnt learn nothing of value. I refused to go to college. When i got out of school, thats when i learned everything about life and how things work. School is a waste

[@kiq654]

Math, chemistry, social contacts and being used to learning etc etc. Nothing of value? College is easiest way to make good income and get satisfying career. Being enterpreneur is second best (also harder) and generally requires some effort and also learning new information. Like in school. What you learned that cant be summed by bitches are hoes and be scared of dark skinned people? School is about learning information. Not if picking girls on pickup car for date will net you rejection or ejection. Personal crap is irrelevant. Life of school is delusion as your objection to value of formal education tells it all. You were never smart...

[@guitarandmore69]

"You must be a good little consumer. In debt, and sick in mind, body, and spirit. We'll show you how."

[@hobnob666]

I actually don’t believe in a spirit. I think religion is all a part of the brainwashing scheme. I find it very odd in the story of Adam & Eve it teaches obedience & not to question authority. That’s pretty scary to think about. Religion is man made cause they wanna believe in false hopes & lies. They’ll defend it even with death which is sad because it’s a waste of all possible critical thinkers who wouldn’t fall for the religion trap.

[@guitarandmore69]

@@hobnob666 Think of it scientifically then. If someone is depressed, their spirit is sick. It's a situational/chemical thing that causes it, but someone's emotional state could be considered their spirit...

[@hobnob666]

@@guitarandmore69 That’s where I disagree, that’s a false conclusion since there’s no evidence for a spirit. What you’re saying is emotions lead to depression, they never get out of their depression, therefore their spirit exists & is sick. I’d ask where’s your evidence? Did you observe their spirit getting sick? That’s just learned helplessness. It’s a learned feeling when you’re constantly feeling like a failure. There’s nothing spiritual about that. There’s also no evidence that spirits exist. It’s just like the religion argument, both require faith without evidence. So why believe it? The mind & body all have operations they must follow in order to keep the body healthy. If something goes wrong or changes, the person will be affected. We can make grandiose conclusions all day just because there’s certain rare cases we can’t figure out but false conclusions aren’t the right way to go about things scientifically. Now religious people might accept it but that’s because they’ll believe anything in blind faith that supports their doctrine.

[@guitarandmore69]

@@hobnob666 We can argue semantics all day long. You seem to be hyper focused on religion for some reason. We'll have to agree to disagree. Also there's a difference between religion and spirituality. You may want to look into quantum mechanics to get a more scientific approach to spirituality.

[@hobnob666]

@@guitarandmore69 The way I see it with science, spirituality gets mixed up with the mind meaning spirituality is just a part of the mind. But people mistake certain spiritual feelings for being separate from the mind when it’s actually a product of it. It’s kinda like how they mistake the feeling of making their own decisions means free will exists but that’s all an illusion. All influences ultimately dictate the decision making process which ultimately dictates the final decision. We aren’t free at all even with randomization cause randomization will happen no matter what, it’s no one’s will. So we may feel like a spirit exists but that doesn’t mean it’s true. That’s the connection I was making there.

[@jamesyoung187]

People CHOOSE to be dumbed down, because it is the path of least resistance. Parents either instill in their children the love of thinking or the love of just going along with the world.

[@ry9348]

I completely agree. I am and always have been grateful that I had my mother to help me become the person that I am today.

[@64offsuiter]

I think I can offer another insight as a teacher. I've been teaching 18 years in both primary (junior) and high schools and every year I've taught, I've always encouraged children to challenge me (academically) and give time to discuss why something is right or wrong. As a maths teacher, I still find it rewarding when i lead students in a direction with the odd hint and they then 'discover' a relationship or a pattern themselves. A lot of the newer teachers do seem to be scared to deviate ever so slightly from the curriculum and open up discussions - all of the young 30somethings and below seem to just follow plans to the letter and don't even consider embracing enjoyment and creativity - even though this almost always is the most memorable. The training programmes are flawed in this respect and the focus needs to be more on critical thinking, enjoyment, investigation, resilience and curiousity more than anything else. Particularly, school league tables. The current system makes people leave school hating education which in term makes those people as parents have a negative viewpoint of schools with regards to their own children who then in turn build up an unhealthy lack of aspiration and poorer attitude to act of learning and educationnin general. And so the cycle then continues. I think I've always loved learning to some degree. I didn't like all subjects at school and happily tell this to the students I teach. No bs. Tell them the truth. Learning platforms like Udemy are ace for learning any new skill you wish to learn but I do think the UK education system needs a bit of an overhaul and the US system needs a complete national reboot (I work with a former US teacher and we regularly discuss the differences and similarities). By all accounts, THE US system is utterly dire.

[@gintongaparador999]

I've always seen school as a prison. The education system is flawed. I've seen it. Students are divided and classified into categories, from the dumbest to the smartest kids. If you fail a test, they assume that you are lazy or just stupid. We are ranked by grades and intelligence is measured based on one's performance in school. When I got into college, I realized we weren't learning. We were in survival. Grades were our priority. We were expected to absorb so much information with little time. I find it absurd. We are not robots.

[@cacatr4495]

You're not, but that's what they want, robots.

[@ItsCoreyLynxxYall]

The US public schools are right wing authoritarian strongholds that allow bullying of those who dare express themselves differently, namely LGBTQ students. Sadly the very people helping propagate that narrow minded bigotry are the ones who see videos like this and think it's the left being authoritarian and stupid, which of course couldn't be more opposite of truth.

[@based9930]

"We are not robots." Most people are robots. try to speak rationally to someone about the uselessness of masks or vaccines. Try to explain to a leftist that Biden or Trump or Obama is just lying to them while selling them out. Most people are incapable of rational thought and school isn't the reason. The hardware is.

[@stockpistol]

When i was school they made me feel like if i don't pass I going homeless at 18 so for the longest time I always felt a bit suicidal from time to time until I learned that there's still plenty of jobs that don't require you to have good grades

[@sharonjensen3016]

Too many of the teachers I had assumed I was lazy and stupid when I was anything but. I just wasn't interested in what they were teaching or the way they taught.

[@slimshady3648]

This is why most of us were never taught anything about civics growing up.

[@rattycaddy]

They still had it when I was in HS. It basically taught us to become heavy consumer debt slaves

[@303TAG303]

@Iron Man and any other braindead politician, nice bias

[@mierdadeburo303]

Honda’s suck anyway

[@NODE1975]

I took Civics in 1989. It changed my perspective on everything. 4th of July was my favorite holiday until then. I have not stood for the national anthem since we read that full poem in that Civics class. I also learned not trust politicians that year. When I was finally old enough to vote, I registered as an Independent. Then the party got diluted with dems and reps so I am now unaffiliated.

[@NODE1975]

@@rattycaddy you must've had a bad Civics teacher. We didn't learn to be any of that from my teacher.

[@KarrieDreammind5]

Throughout all of my school years I absolutely detested history class! It was stressing me out having to memorize huge pieces of text by heart, specific names, dates and events. I hates having to write complicated essays on topics I felt I didn't really understand. After I graduated and started relaxing and spending my time on things I like and things that interest me, I gradually found myself gravitating towards history. It took me a while but I realised that I am actually really interested in history. What I don't do is memorize names, dates and specific events. But I love searching for and understanding different aspects of human history. Ironically, as an adult and given what's been happening to the world since the p1andemic, I am actually very glad I was pushed to analyse how dictatorships came to power, how people were manipulated through propaganda and what the world could possibly look like in the future if we're not careful, as illustrated by George Orwell in 1984 - another book on my curriculum. If it wasn't for history & literature class I would have never known these things and I probably would have fallen for the government's propaganda in 2020 and onwards. But now I am even baffled as to how it is possible that so many other people don't see history literally repeating itself, if we all studied about the dictatorships around the world in school!

[@cdc3]

In my opinion, this is the best video produced under this channel. While a "product" ostensibly of public schools myself during the 50's and 60's, my love of learning was kindled by my daily breakfast at my grandparents home two blocks from where my family lived. By the age of 12, both my brother and I had been trough many of the Harvard Classics. Our table talk was often theology, poetry and the like. School was boring by comparison. Heck, school was boring period, having to sit silent for the most part and rarely exposed to any wonders of the world which might ignite curiosity in us. When my turn came with our children, they never saw the inside of a public school. My wife was the main teacher, but all moments of the day were open for questions and answers which stretched both our kids and ourselves. Sometimes their education took the form of walking outside on our brush covered 5 acres to watch a constrictor kill and swallow a rat or vole. we took trips next door a couple of time to watch hogs being slaughtered and prepped. We raised domestic animals for food ourselves. My wife taught the kids to mummify Cornish Game hens in the manor of Egyptian burials. We had three levels in our house and each one had it's own extensive library which they could and did use on a great number of subjects. In fact, my wife challenged me once to find a book on a very obscure subject. Minutes later I handed her a book on it. So, what was the result of our kids not being publicly educated? The average school day lasted 2 hours because they got individual tutoring. We raised to very independent people and yet never had teen rebellion, later living together as adults until each married at 28 and 26 respectively. By the time he was 23, my son had graduated from high school, college and had his Master's in Electronic Engineering as well as 5 years of employment by Intel in chip design. He holds several patents from that time. My daughter went on to start in a health supplement wholesale business to the chagrin of the office manager, an older woman who didn't like teens. In a very short time they became best friends and my daughter started minor management there as a result. She later paid her own way to go on a dig at Megiddo, Israel with a world famous archaeologist there. It's how she learned not to trust archaeologists... Public education kills or stultifies curiosity and constructive independence. This video correct traces it back to the Prussian model of education designed to make dumbed down cooperative "useful" tools of that population, particularly in the area of the Military which desired "kadavergehorsam", the "obedience of a cadaver" which has no will of it's own, often mistranslated as "blind obedience". The Prussian model was basically introduced to this country by the reputed "Father of Public Education", Horace Mann around 1837. In 1844 he was quoted having the purpose of it as "to divorce the American people from their religion". It took 160+ years, but he's finally succeeded...

[@JRodriguez88]

My experience of school was a environment where teachers make jokes about their unhappiness at their jobs, blaming students, and calling people up to the marker board to make them look stupid. Everything useful for myself I learned out of curiosity. Social conditioning toward a half assed society.

[@therespectedlex9794]

In my experience in depends on age, ability (worse when increased, for both) and on the school or college.

[@petebusch9069]

Yep, that's all teachers do these days walking around with this poor me attitude. That said I can't really blame them because they don't have decent platform to work from. The schools are a joke and their only option is to quit and find a new direction.

[@taleseylad1249]

@@petebusch9069 or deal with a shitty job

[@Rudimentary007]

Truth.👍👍👍

[@qua7771]

I had the same experience. Being left handed, I hated that marker board. Military technical classroom training was completely different. It was an effective way to learn.

[@philby1]

Never watch the mainstream media. I haven't for years. Much happier for it.

[@KellyGreenScarf]

I made a decision to stop watching recently. Instead I tune into alternative sources for news. There are a few that I trust. I do still see snippets of things here and there from msm and I usually feel a surge of anger and frustration bc it seems so manipulative and dishonest.

[@DK-tv6rk]

@@KellyGreenScarf How do you even know which news source to trust? I'm curious.

[@KellyGreenScarf]

@@DK-tv6rk Because they say out loud what I’m already concluding on my own. Their words resonate. Propaganda outlets like CNN do not at all. Instead I hear the lies and feel pissed off and anxious and disempowered. Outlets I trust make me feel empowered and informed.

[@lessthanpinochet]

Same. Got rid of social media too.

[@mediumstudio]

If you know opinion from fact you can navigate it - and glean information

[@flej01]

People are comfortable in their zone, being uncomfortable is a must if you ever want to grow, thinking for yourself is key in life.

[@leed1245]

I was lucky. I had an amazing physics teacher in high school. I was one of those students who was a pain. I questioned everything and belittled my teachers. I was a problem teen. But this man was not bothered by my teen angst. He embraced it. He said to me forget everything you have learned so far except civics. He explained the calculus and math that I was struggling with up to that point. All of a sudden in 1 month my grades exploded to the plus side. Top honors. He turned me onto early Greek philosophy. So now I had real bite and started asking really hard questions to all of my teachers. That’s when I started to get suspended from school. Insubordination they called it. I would tell the principle that I am following the rules. So..?? I was told questioning authority is not following the rules. That physics teacher was also a professor at a local college. So when I got suspended he would let me audit some classes at the college he taught. He went to the school board to discuss my “case”. He got me out high school a year early and into the college instead. I had the courses that I was taking at Lehigh University for credits my last year of high school. My high school said I was disruptive and caused problems. All I did was ask questions.

[@bloggalot4718]

Do you know what happened to Socrates for asking too many questions?

[@embalmertrick1420]

I stopped watching tv and reading newspapers years ago. The development of my life has skyrocketed. I literally woke up. Now, l cannot socialise with anyone, people are like zombies, repeating the same slogans, no critical thinking. No thinking!

[@deisk2707]

You can socialize anyone who is influenced by the great thinkers such as Noam Chompsky. And that is us.

[@j.sony.]

Facts

[@pedclarkemobile]

Superiority complex in development?

[@E4439Qv5]

54'40" or fight.

[@atbragdots8852]

They can't even utilize LOGIC... or actually See what's in front of their collective faces.

[@rohinshanker2275]

"no one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them" -Assata Shakur

[@Why-nv2js]

No wonder why my favorite elementary math teacher discard me from my classmates. While I’m outsider observing my classmates and teacher.

[@vickimann3262]

I think being thoughtful and seeing every eventuality is so rare it is a revolutionary act!

[@SofronPolitis]

I used to be a stellar student, poised for a career in the sciences... Until bullying, boring teachers, and the early wake-ups during highschool killed my childhood dream, my motivation, and my performance. School succeeded in making me mediocre.

[@ln1056]

Mediocrity is a choice. Take back your life.

[@varmastiko2908]

I never lost my performance but instead became better and better academically until I realized how incredibly low the standards of everything really are. That killed what little motivation I had left. But what made me finally quit is not the low standards but the true values of academia that became ever more clear the longer I tried to endure.

[@seeker11]

@@ln1056 Indeed, don't let them win by giving up. Buckle up and charge towards your goals.

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

Just learn what you want at your pace. And adopt a scientific mind and a good form of measurement that you can whole and divide and have alignment. Everybody needed a system to figure stuff out. Just make your own if need be or adopt knowledge into your language.

[@JamesPCroad]

@@seeker11 Remember: the people who created the school system are also responsible for the heavily weighted systems found in higher education and the work place. EVERYTHING is against the modern graduate or school leaver. Systems of finance, education, and work. It's almost as if you get one chance not to screw it up before the stakes get higher (stakes = financial and time cost). We don't have a true free market economy and we don't have true freedom, especially not with the rise of Covaids justified totalitarianism, so the average person is as much a subject of this system or slave, as it ever was, in spite of the 'pleasures' and benefits of our technological age (or technocracy, rather). There were only a couple of generations that appeared to 'win' at life; found post war and before the complete deregulation of finance and the technological advancement of the financial, and now social, credit system. These 'winners' are the people of a certain age currently wearing masks and being afraid of what the news, tells them. Such people are the rule followers because the rules always worked. Anyway, yeah, take back your life, etc. and other pearls of glibbery.

[@Kuuppon]

This makes a lot of sense now. When growing up my dad told me to QUESTION EVERYTHING and when I did I'd get in trouble at school almost all the time. I can happily say I still question everything and so does my dad.

[@nikolavanzettiteslasacco4991]

Keep it going 💪💪💪 your not alone.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

There is a difference between making questions and disrespecting people, specially teachers.

[@elvolution93]

María Martínez YOURE a moron

[@maximomanabat8382]

I envy you for having a father like yours

[@ussarng4649]

@@elvolution93 she probably isnt a moron. As i was scrolling down the thought that came to me was hopely they didnt question everything as in every single thing. This is because each individual needs a core of moral truth. For example I just came from a discussion where there was an individual advocating that sex with some children is a good and praiseworthy thing. Hopefully most people can see this is wrong without ever questioning if there is a cicumstance in which it is right. This knowing that certian community standards are right saves the world from the tyranny of anarchy.

[@RvNYC]

Mandatory schools are meant to give the average person reading and writing skills. It really IS up to the parents to raise individuals. Individual teachers can be Mentors, but It also goes without saying that no amount of schooling produces an Einstein, or Ramanujan.

[@danijellino1921]

I was always super curious. And i always found what they were teaching in schools lacking in all aspects. I noticed this more the older i got and by the time i was 15 i was basically not listening to my teachers any longer. I just grabbed the book on the subject we were studying and began working through it by myself. I noticed that not only was i faster then everybody else in my understanding of whatever subject we were going through but i also often times surpassed the Teacher in my knowledge. I basically cruised through school with good notes even though i never studied for any tests. And what a suprise (not really) i was ostracized for it. Not only by my Teachers but also my fellow students. Altough i think the Students were more jealous then anyhing else.

[@chaoticthinkers]

I was homeschooled when i joind public school it almost killed the joy of learning

[@thesauciestboss4039]

I never felt happier when I switched from public to charter school

[@daviddelatorre2248]

@@thesauciestboss4039 what was the biggest difference?

[@DGDDice]

I wish I could of been homeschooled but both my parents worked so it was not do-able.

[@CoolDevicesXxm4]

public school.. I'm almost 30 years old and it's still 12 years of my life I'll never get back.

[@thedarwinist672]

Break the cycle. Homeschool your kids.

[@TheGreenDragon7777]

Just think of those who have endured preschool and kindergarten. 8-(

[@neatcool4770]

School is often just a daycare to parents, someplace to send their kids while the parents work. Your parents gained more from your schooling than you did. When you have children you will gain freedom to work while somebody watches your kids too

[@thedarwinist672]

@@neatcool4770 or just be a decent parent and homeschool your kids.

[@idaearl6715]

Not all parents have the knowledge, or the techniques to teach their children.

[@Papawcanner]

I quit school at sixteen , the legal quitting age at the time . The administration told me I was to smart to take automotive shop . I got a job as a mechanic and later became a multi skilled engineer .

[@michaelpcoffee]

I rescued my children from government schools early on. Best parenting decision I have ever made.

[@jackdillon5903]

Lol. Well of course you, the parent, would think that! Hardly an unbiased opinion.

[@michaelpcoffee]

​@@jackdillon5903 So; you're dismissive of someone because they're in a position to know. Flawless logic!/s Educated in public school, no doubt.

[@Deeptalkers]

I feel like the people in this comment section, for the most part, are my people. Thank you for restoring my faith in the idea that we aren’t doomed, I am not alone in my thoughts.

[@Anxmaly666]

You're welcome

[@chrisoher]

Much agreed. I think as time goes on, more and more people are becoming aware of what's going on.

[@Pancake310]

I can't wait to find my people. The ones who realize we can put an end to this game whenever we want and stand up before the government brings the fight to our front doors and Walmart is our new home....IJS Covid vaccines are out and economic reset has already began.

[@Pancake310]

When will we realize none of the slave system works without the slaves? The picture of the phn walking the human spoke volumes because If we stopped buying/using phones they couldn't control us. IF HUMANS STOP MAKING AND SPENDING MONEY THIS SYSTEM WOULD END. This would happen faster than you can starve.

[@hmpz36911]

We're still doomed, we're just aware of it.

[@bobinspired2087]

*Democracy is not what is right or wrong, it is what's popular.*

[@donnyvu5153]

Republic is majority vote. Good luck with the majority with no moral compass.

[@leonardc1303]

Bob inspired By whom would you prefer to be ruled. The people who filled your head with their beliefs?

[@donnyvu5153]

@Eileen Senior i agree. but just look at the people they put in office. lmao. even republican have no sense of moral sometimes. where is under God and the morality the Western civilization was built upon. when leaders leading has no moral compass to steer the ship, we are bound to crash when time get hard.

[@Aaron-nx8cf]

Luckily we are a Republic!

[@brynleytalbot778]

How true. Populist policy with little chance of it being enacted. In the US lobbyists hold power not democracy. Aldus Huxley spoke about personalities appealing beyond rational logical thought predicting the next presidential elections in 1964 would be masterminded by advertisers. Without massive cash backing you don't get into the presidential race. It's hardly democratic. Business backers want pay backs for support.

[@Grace-bd3fy]

I tried to go into education in America, but I dropped out of my student teaching a couple days ago. I felt disturbed by how much surveillance, politics, and infantilization was in the school system. I will still graduate with a degree in my subject area, even though I didn’t learn much of anything. I am relieved. Now I can stop being held back by the system and start my real education.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

It wasn't good previously, but since 2020(thank God I made it out of high school in 2020) it's gotten drastically worse according to everything I've seen, and according to my younger sister as well.

[@artofmusic303]

I loved school - a small town public school. I learned a lot and wanted to continue learning. Your attitude affects how much you learn more than the quality of your teachers or the amount of funding spent. 24-hour cable "news" channels have always been pure info-tainment. Turn off the TV. Learn how to recognize a credible source of information. Develop critical thinking skills. Be skeptical of what you see on KZbin. Subscribe to a newspaper with a long track record of serious journalism. Read a book.

[@dreamsofturtles1828]

A college professor once told me "My job is to put the finishing touches on their lobotomies. But thats not what i do. If i can get them to think for themselves, i have done my true job." He often made provocative, sometimes politically incorrect statments in class to force students to really think about their positions, not regurgitate learned opinions. He sometimes came close to getting fired .

[@tw3ntythr337]

THAT is a TRUE TEACHER.

[@dysplasiaanaplasia4128]

Nice... Great tactic to make people think...

[@rafaelsantibanez5204]

My biology teacher from 7th grade also made us do that although I was struggling(mainly because im use to them telling me what to do) I was later able to improve and question things like why do we need reading and writing from pre-school to 11th grade if all I need is to read a book and later religion

[@TheLisa-Al-Gaib]

That’s fantastic!

[@Charles-hy6gp]

Teachers like him need to do it in secret, because if the deep state discover him doing that they gonna get fired

[@toddvanfleet8576]

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people..in laaaaarge numbers.." G. CARLIN

[@deisk2707]

By beating your enemies you must become your enemies.

[@dgjFOURlife]

Think how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them them are stupider than that - George Carlin

[@kobe51]

QAnon?

[@neatcool4770]

I did underestimate how stupid people are, even with all the evidence the Right showed the Left, the Left continued to believe the fakenews and fought Trump. Biden is a criminal and bought by China, it was shown that he was but millions still voted against Trump who was the 1st actual American loving president since Reagan. In between Reagan and Trump, all those presidents were puppets of the evil elite, and now with Biden in the White House, we are back under elitist rule. Trump was trying to get rid of the corruption and was fought tooth and nail everyday he tried to save this country from it

[@ColorMehJewish]

If only George could see the euphemisms games, blind love for corporations and race-obsessed politicians of today. Who ever knew he was a prophet?

[@billyg1640]

I was the kid in school that asked too many questions and got diagnosed with " disruptive behavior " 🤪🤪🤪

[@MrC.M.B.]

I hated school and always thought it was a complete waste of time

[@anneflynn9614]

I am a retired teacher.After I had been a teacher for about eight years,standardized tests became the most important aspect of education.Way,way way too much time was spent preparing students for these tests.The school,administrators and teachers are judged by these test scores.School time should have been used to educate students not prepare them to pass a test.I have always suspected this was deliberate so children wouldn’t learn to think for themselves.

[@tmrabanus]

Standardized tests are rubbish. You teach kids to memorize and then when the test is taken all that gets thrown in the trash. In the end the child has learned has nothing but to memorize what authority wants them to memorize. It's training so that when they become adults they can follow orders on production lines

[@Eldomibori]

I’m glad I learned the truth when I did. My grandma was a teacher for over 40 years but unfortunately she’s highly brainwashed by the system to the point she listens to everything the news says and refuses to question anything. She walks away when I try to discuss this with her. It’s sad what they’re doing to people in these indoctrination centers.

[@sparta2705]

@@Eldomibori the saddest part about this is not that people cant see what's going on, it's that many just dont care. No offense to your grandma, but those people cant be helped and will end up left behind. Family comes first, but some people can only be helped so much.

[@Eldomibori]

@@sparta2705 I couldn’t agree more. It’s unfortunate but I’ve tried everything that I could. She’s been programmed to the point to where the only thing she believes is the mainstream news. ABC news to be specific. Also, she loves the tool, Jimmy Kimmel. When I discuss things with her, it’s to the point where she just laughs and calls it silly, when it’s anything but. It annoys me inside but there’s nothing else I can do. People like that simply can’t be helped no matter how much evidence you put in their face.

[@sparta2705]

@@Eldomibori you understand the situation. It's a sad one, but that is the reality of the magnificent force and preplanned organization we are dealing with. We can win, but it wont be easy. Just be prepared to fight. I'm guessing your young, well I can relate. I'm only 20. Stay in the fight brother. We need all hands on deck. Including yours!

[@jakelockett9423]

No one will give you the education needed to overthrow them. - 🧐

[@paulinarios3665]

Ooo I like that one

[@gcxred4kat9]

@@TheWSYNkatevy153 Cuz Trump and the police aint "them".

[@saltminer4463]

@@TheWSYNkatevy153 you must have threw out your shoulder reaching that hard

[@mierdadeburo303]

@@saltminer4463 lmao. I guess “it” gets points for trying

[@gprz1]

Absolutely no one. Left nor right, liberal nor conservative. A lot of truth in that one sentence.🤔

[@prodigyy505]

Academy has lost its real essence and has relegated to something like a factory where students are aligned against the conveyor belt , forced to do what they are told to without asking why.

[@medenka]

to be passive; to be directed by others; to take seriouslyy the rewards and punishments of authority. That hit me cold.

[@jamesiz4395]

“Ask any questions if you don’t understand” *ask a question* “Get out of the class!” “Why weren’t you paying attention?” “I’m calling home” “Go to the principals office” *calls parents at home* *gets ADHD medication a week later*

[@frontdeskstaff9359]

This is a result of poor parenting.

[@glennso47]

James iz “There are no stupid questions, “ they said. So I asked my question and they said “what a stupid question!”

[@charliesilverman1132]

I made that mistake bringing up 911 with my clinician, I also brought up Grand Solar minimums which happen at regular intervals of 400 years. He recommended some pills to change the facts, I thought he was a fucking lunatic.

[@UnkeptRiptide]

As someone who had great and loving parents, a strong adherence to hard work and individuality, getting ADHD meds was the both the hardest thing I have ever done (I hate drugs), and the most beneficial thing I have ever done. It is real and I pray for all of those who haven't been diagnosed. It is very difficult to live in a society where everything is so complex, when deciphering between complexities is one of the things you struggle with. I was 20 when (last year) when I went on meds. All through out school I was hated by teachers and they tried their best to get rid of me. I was one of those "gifted" kids so I could be as obnoxious as I wanted or sleep as much as I wanted and still pulled an A. ADHD meds help me sleep, relax me enough to where I don't have to make impulsive actions in order to make my brain work, and function with greater precision. School's don't have a place for us and it's sad.

[@jm1mchp]

@@UnkeptRiptide Interesting post. My son's experience was very different than yours. My family moved before his 4th grade year in school. His teacher made a Dx of ADHD (no, she wasn't a degreed shrink). That continued through 6th grade. His first three years his teachers adored him. In his 4th - 6th, he was harassed and belittled. I made the mistake of taking him to a shrink. The teachers and the shrink nearly killed him. First drug - straterra -- his behavior changed to tantrums and rages, never seen before. Stopped that drug. Then adderal --- changed to depression, no energy, struggle to get up for school.. Then added Wellbutrin --- he wanted to die, went on suicide watch. Then we stopped all prescribed drugs. He settled down. For awhile. He'd been taught --- "Got a problem? we've got a drug". So he dabbled with meth and heroin. Quit, on his own, when his lady got pregnant. I am happy for you that your experience was better. BTW I did a double major in college, one of em psych. And worked as psych tech in two hospital psych wards for seven years after college. So I know more than a little about this subject. It is my opinion that the entire psychiatric industry is just a plain old scam. If you ask a shrink how many of their patients do they cure, most of them will tell the truth --- nada, none. "We treat them." There is absolute ZERO scientific evidence that ADHD exists. People often have trouble in living. Pretending that shrinks have ANY scientific evidence to support what they do is malpractice, from the get go. Find a good psychologist. He or she will not hide behind the delusion that problems in living are understood and can be treated by fixing the "chemical imbalance" in one's brain. It is made up bullshit. (sorry to be so long) Namaste.