America the illiterate

[Orangecat]

Campaigns that succeed are carefully constructed psychological instruments that manipulate fickle public moods, emotions and impulses, many of which are subliminal. They create a public ecstasy that annuls individuality and fosters a state of mindlessness.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It has not ended. All those things are still taught.

Sure, they are, just not in 99.99% of public school

 

[Woodznutz]

One big problem is that kids are educated for the benefit of others, not for themselves.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

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poster boy for mindlessness and proof democrats don't mind cheating in the millions column

 

[Unkotare]

Sure, they are, just not in 99.99% of public school

Wrong. Stop being a mouthpiece for the far left media that wants you to dance around like some hysterical idiot.

 

[Unkotare]

Specifically, the powers and obligations of the three branches of the Federal Government, and the dividing line between Federal and State jurisdiction?



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Yes, all of that is still taught.

 

[Unkotare]

One big problem is that kids are educated for the benefit of others, not for themselves.

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[CrusaderFrank]

Wrong. Stop being a mouthpiece for the far left media that wants you to dance around like some hysterical idiot.

99% of high school students can't name Three American Founding Fathers even if you spotted them Washington and Franklin

 

[Unkotare]

99% of high school students can't name Three American Founding Fathers even if you spotted them Washington and Franklin

Link? Proof?
I could give you a test on US History, Biology, or English grammar that you would not pass.
Without consistent reinforcement, it is very easy to forget what one was taught.

 

[psikeyhackr]

The is so much talk about reading and complaining about reading and schools provide boring shit to read and act like all reading is equal. It ain't! So many fiction books contain no information about anything even from the same author.

Why science fiction fans mention Childhood's End so much and not A Fall of Moondust both by Arthur C Clarke is beyond me. I find it rather amusing that he discussed Lagrange points and infrared while we now have the James Webb Space Telescope at the Earth-Sun L2 point doing infrared telescopy.

 

[Unkotare]

The is so much talk about reading and complaining about reading and schools provide boring shit to read and act like all reading is equal. It ain't! So many fiction books contain no information about anything even from the same author.

Why science fiction fans mention Childhood's End so much and not A Fall of Moondust both by Arthur C Clarke is beyond me. I find it rather amusing that he discussed Lagrange points and infrared while we now have the James Webb Space Telescope at the Earth-Sun L2 point doing infrared telescopy.

100000000000000000000000000000000000000 times the same post...

 

[Woodznutz]

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Who feels happier and more fulfilled over education, students or teachers?

 

[Unkotare]

Who feels happier and more fulfilled over education, students or teachers?

Depends on the student, depends on the teacher, depends on the circumstances.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Who feels happier and more fulfilled over education, students or teachers?

The sadistic teachers and the masochistic students are happier.

 

[gipper]

Link? Proof?
I could give you a test on US History, Biology, or English grammar that you would not pass.
Without consistent reinforcement, it is very easy to forget what one was taught.

This from a guy who strongly believes Lincoln was our greatest president and FDR our worst.

You are a good example of the low caliber of teachers in this country.

 

[Woodznutz]

The sadistic teachers and the masochistic students are happier.

Masochist: "Beat me, please."
Sadist: "No."

 

[Unkotare]

This from a guy who strongly believes Lincoln was our greatest president and FDR our worst.

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That is correct.

 

[Unkotare]

I went through public school long ago. I wasn’t taught any of this. My children went through Catholic school and they weren’t either.

Stop lying.

You forgot, because you’re stupid.

 

[gipper]

You forgot, because you’re stupid.

You’re not good at posting more than one sentence. You ever notice that?

You’re the poster BOY for shitty teachers.

 

[DudleySmith]

Two Americas…illiteracy in America. I knew it was bad, just not this bad. Is it any wonder many Americans are easily deceived, when they can’t read or write. Many Americans are unable to think logically.

America the Illiterate, by Chris Hedges​

We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes the majority, exists in a non-reality-based belief system. This America, dependent on skillfully manipulated images for information, has severed itself from the literate, print-based culture. It cannot differentiate between lies and truth. It is informed by simplistic, childish narratives and clichés. It is thrown into confusion by ambiguity, nuance and self-reflection. This divide, more than race, class or gender, more than rural or urban, believer or nonbeliever, red state or blue state, has split the country into radically distinct, unbridgeable and antagonistic entities.

There are over 42 million American adults, 20 percent of whom hold high school diplomas, who cannot read, as well as the 50 million who read at a fourth- or fifth-grade level. Nearly a third of the nation’s population is illiterate or barely literate. And their numbers are growing by an estimated 2 million a year. But even those who are supposedly literate retreat in huge numbers into this image-based existence. A third of high school graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates, never read a book after they finish school. Eighty percent of the families in the United States last year did not buy a book.
The illiterate rarely vote, and when they do vote they do so without the ability to make decisions based on textual information. American political campaigns, which have learned to speak in the comforting epistemology of images, eschew real ideas and policy for cheap slogans and reassuring personal narratives. Political propaganda now masquerades as ideology. Political campaigns have become an experience. They do not require cognitive or self-critical skills. They are designed to ignite pseudo-religious feelings of euphoria, empowerment and collective salvation. Campaigns that succeed are carefully constructed psychological instruments that manipulate fickle public moods, emotions and impulses, many of which are subliminal. They create a public ecstasy that annuls individuality and fosters a state of mindlessness. They thrust us into an eternal present. They cater to a nation that now lives in a state of permanent amnesia. It is style and story, not content or history or reality, which inform our politics and our lives. We prefer happy illusions. And it works because so much of the American electorate, including those who should know better, blindly cast ballots for slogans, smiles, the cheerful family tableaux, narratives and the perceived sincerity and the attractiveness of candidates. We confuse how we feel with knowledge.
America the Illiterate, by Chris Hedges

So does this mean you're finally going to read a book?