A Better School
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- 3 million kids (mostly boys) are given medication that’s supposed to make them sit still and focus.
But what if schools, not kids, are the problem?
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One former public school student, Cade Summers, tells John Stossel that he hated the effect of the drugs -- that it was like he had been "lobotomized."
Cade’s parents took him off the “attention deficit” drugs and sent him to other schools. But Cade hated them all. "I would come home and I would sometimes just cry," Cade tells Stossel.
Then he heard of a new type of school in Austin, Texas. It promised to let kids discuss ideas, and to do real-world work.
But the school, the Academy of Thought and Industry, is a private school that charges tuition.
So Cade started getting up at 3AM to work in a coffee shop to help pay the tuition.
What kind of school could possibly be worth that to a kid?
The school's founder, Michael Strong, says kids learn best when they are given actual responsibility, real life work. "Teens need responsibility ... Ben Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, started their careers at the age of 12 or 13," he points out.
Nowadays people consider that abusive child labor, Stossel notes.
"I worked as a teen," Strong said. "I loved it. Teens very often want to work."
Strong's schools do many things differently. Students get Fridays off to work on their own projects. School starts at 10am. There are no lectures -- instead students read, and then discuss what they read.
That’s different from schools Strong once attended--and hated.
"School is 13 years of how to be passive, how to be dependent," Strong tells Stossel.
"School is about aim, aim, aim, aim, aim, and never get stuff done. So I want students who just go out there and get stuff done, fail, get up, try again. That's how we become creators, entrepreneurs ... We want them to do what they love now."
For Cade, that meant doing a marketing internship Fridays, where he did actual work.
When he completed Strong's school, he got a job right away -- at a tech startup that normally requires a college degree.
Another Academy graduate runs a successful metal music festival called "Austin Terror Fest.”
All kids at Strong's schools work on some kind of project.
"I'm currently working on making a web-based chat application," one boy told us. "I wanna be a programmer. I love programming".
A girl at the school works at a paintball range on weekends. "If they love paintball, then they should do a business in that,” says Strong.
Most of his students also end up going to college. Strong points out, “We've had students admitted to top liberal arts colleges. Bard, Bennington..."
"Of course they do well," Stossel interrupts. "You're charging fat tuition. Only rich kids can afford to go there and they're going to do well."
"The kind of kids that we get come from all walks of life," Strong responds. "We had a student from New Jersey... he was incapable of functioning in the highly structured public school systems ... in the public schools needed a full time aide ... He was costing the state an enormous amount of money. He came to our school ... He did not need an aide."
"Coming here is just healing. It's incredible," that student, Josh, told us.
Strong hopes his schools will be a model for other schools that let kids learn through real world work.
That approach works so much better for some kid that they willingly wake up at 3am to go to work to help pay tuition.
"It was me choosing my life," Cade says.
Stossel, one of the best REAL news reporters in the world. You can literally see the passion and fire in these kids eyes. Its incredible.
Needs to start the Stossel School of Journalism.
Indeed!
Ah not, he's not.But he's a tool of the Trumpian ultra right wing nuts
I agree
@@tonyvatour6507 You're just another clueless troll. Now go back into your parents basement idiot.
Stossel crushes it again
I wish I had never been put on ADHD meds. I genuinely feel that being on it for so long ruined my ability to concentrate without it.
I'm an Engineer now and it wasn't easy.
P. Dillen ; I feel sorry for you, the fact that now you need pills to focus, when you needn’t them before is a pain to just think about it !
Yeah giving kids Speed because the oligarchs say it's ok if it is coming from them
gate way to meth and cocaine
Its either Norway of The Netherlands who have a very similar schooling structure. The first few years they the basics; reading, writing, arithmetic. By high school they choose only classes they want to take. Its a much smarting style of schooling. Keep the students interested in what they want to pursue not what the system demands them to learn.
@ALJustice0 what
@ALJustice0
...Yeah, I should know.
I am a historian, well-read, and academically (but certainly not emotionally) intelligent but very few are impressed by my knowledge of historical trivia and nobody ever wants their grammar or vocabulary corrected.
Certainly not care enough to give me a regular paying job.
High schools could be boosted by returning wood shop, metal shop, auto repair, the arts, and home economics and introducing financial literacy and other such 'how to adult' courses.
Nope. People get hard on the idea of controlling other people's choices. It's not happening.
The same should be for college. I never cared to take a woman’s study class or similar, meaningless, class.
More like SAVED BY THE STOSSEL! #weWantMoreStossel
Disrupting the system! They are supposed to go to college and borrow large amounts of money and take useless classes and lear to think critically
But yes, give the lazy public school teachers more money! They are sooo underpaid! Most of them make me sick.
Most public teachers in California make a minimum $65K a year, yet they still complain it's not enough. These teachers don't even work year round, they have summer off and holidays off.
And they only work 7 hours a day 8 to 2, yet still they complain.
Some people worked 10 to 12 hours day job and don't even get paid $65K a year.
@@terriesmith8219 there are many workers in California that do not get paid $65K a year working 10 to 12 hours a day. Some of these are skilled positions too. I would not classify current California teacher position as a "skilled position" since they just follow the plan for the standardized testing. They dole out an ass load of work to the students, talk about it in class, quiz or test and that's it.
@@terriesmith8219
My wife was a teacher to kids, now she is a teacher coach to teachers, and teaches teachers how to teach better. Back when she was teaching kids, she was always working on lesson plans way beyond the 7-8 hours, and on weekends. Today, she is working all the time, at teacher pay, bettering herself, preparing herself, helping others to be better. I dont get to spend much time with her. My point is, not all teachers are loafers.
You mean there are better forms of education "shocker".
We just started reading (out loud, as we often do) _Hive Mind How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own_ and already the question looms large: If all of this is known, why is the entire thrust of both education and immigration policy in the US to LOWER the average IQ here?
Leland Matt It’s working for these kids
I was a "troubled child" when young. I was also very fortunate to have old fashioned strict parents send me to parochial schools through high school. Yes, the nuns and the priests. I remember I used to play hooky in elementary school. The nuns used to round me up (usually at the beach) and bring me back. Sure, they'd give me a few good whaps (yes, with a yard stick), but they were also amazingly kind and nurturing. I remember that one year my teacher decided I was bored so she knew I found math and geography fun - so she got some high school math and geography books and challenged me to read and understand them. It worked and changed the rest of my life (for the much much better). Understand that not once (never ever) did they tell my parents the trouble I would get into. I respected them enormously for that. They simply took care of it themselves. I learned a hell of a lot more than math and tuition, I learned the importance of respect and hard work. I grew up to get a PhD and become respected in my field.
Why pay for free college, when we can just abolish the education system and adapt schools similar to this. The U.S would be a powerhouse in the world economy if we adapted this.
Kayte Beltran,
Well Said, My thoughts exactly.
Only leftists progressives could see something wildly successful like this & demand it be shelved.
US would be powerhouse economy if you would have federal laws about quality of teachers, schools and federal school plans on public schools.
The US IS a powerhouse economy in the world.
@@doubled6490 More regulations? What!? Why is it that every time a government operated sector isn't properly functioning the immediate response is always MORE REGULATION and MORE MONEY? Who is this incredibly stupid? In addition, these places look more like prisons and they don't nurture free thought. They obliterate it and ridicule it. The only achievements in public school has been in the form of turning children into future sponsors of the state.
@Leland Matt how is this school stupid when you get an education and get real world experience at the same time?
I wish this type of school was an option for me back when I was in school. I'd probably be in a much different and better place, sooner.
A lot of time school just impaires your career progression or education.
And in Romania🇷🇴 (where I was born and still live) is not that different when it comes to what you have in America🇺🇸 as “public education”, I wish we had that type of school, like Academy of Thought and Industry, because at this point, despite just finishing my first semester in 9TH Grade, in High School and, I wish to just to have a job and move out of my parents house.
Education is a state-sponsored-scam today. This includes "higher" education.
I’ve had a hard time learning, and I’ve always told my father, I learn by doing not by listening. And this is exactly what I needed as a kid.
This is fantastic and it will grow more and more everyday as people realizes how going to “regular” school is a terrible choice in terms of opportunities lost and wasted time.
The reason we educate our kids is so they can support themselves in the future and be great citizens.
There is nothing like doing the real thing in order to learn and better oneself.
Doing something, anything, from day 0 to success is going to teach anyone about the technical skills required in life as much as social skills and how to behave in a society just like the example where the kids get fired by the clients because that’s what happens in real life.
Terrific work by this teacher! And it’s awesome that he is making money while doing it!
Look at our history. Our government said “we can teach students better than parents.” Not everyone was buying into that, so the feminist movement started. Moms now had to work to survive. That ensured all kids would be taught by the government. Unions monopolized the education system. Now, our taxes pay the most for one of the worst educations, dollar per student. All they teach in schools today is ideologies, not skills necessary to live like taxes, cooking, etc.
cause if they learn about taxes they will know how screwed they are right out of the gate they don't want you to know this stuff so you will just pay forever out of fear.
kids are honest with no filter they will all realize its stealing and the government wants sheep its a training program not education they teach them to do what they want and pay taxes without question and just say "cause you have to" were did it ever say we had to pay taxes when they started this country it didn't we started a war over taxes and guns to end to it. study history or were doomed to repeat it and we are already on the brink of the next war look around who is happy here anymore almost no one whats that tell you.
System we have today for schools was established a hundred plus years ago to develop factory type workers.
I don't believe that. If we wanted factory workers why teach them liberal arts? Why send them to school?
Radical solution to a 100 year old problem! Thanks for the informative videos! Too bad that traditional education isn't as free as the one shown here.
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Can I sue the public school system for ruining my life?
Should be able to but its a hypocritical system and to power to get sued probably. It's bascially like imprisoning and enslaving children, the students should get compensation and the tax payers should get a refund and not just use taxes to pay for it, but the ones who forced and coerced people to attend and pay for this should have to use their personal money.
if u were to force or coerce a gov member to attend and pay for your school, ud be locked up most likely.
100 yrs ago kids had to do chores on the farm before going to school and when they came home then do homework . No time for your brain to wander . Pay attention in class or you got a ruler across your fingers . That wasn't as good as this school, but did teach responsibility and focus which is more than kids get today . They get meds !
My time in high school was so wasted. I would sleep during class get A's get home go to work and my computer business afterwards but being in school tired me out and wasted my time. I wish I could've started work full time and just taken the computer classes high school and middle school didn't have. In community college now and I wish I could've started when I was 12 or 13, not 18 or 19.
I barely went to high school. Dropped out of community college the first year. Put in a bid as an independent contractor for a programming job in healthcare. Busted my ass at a low wage on highly technical projects beyond my skill level (I would never say no to a job lol). Dude saw my potential and basically paid me to learn. Been with the same company 8 years now and couldn't be happier. Get your foot in the door and the rest will follow.
Defund public education
How can someone dislike this? It's kids working to better their lives and an institution that helps them to do it. Brilliant work Stossel!
While I do agree that this is great..... Things like history are important because if you don’t learn from history, you’re doomed to repeat it. You have to know what actions not to take in order to avoid the atrocities that are possible by not learning from our past. It was not covered in this video but it’s probably taught slightly differently at the school (history, math, etc).
Good 👍 Job John Stossel keep exposing the truth, this is what journalism supposed to be
Thank John! Thank you everyday for being a great American!
There are highly rated internet curriculum for home schooling. Parents should not be afraid of taking a little responsibility and checking into them. It's easy and safe.
Teachers unions don't want you thinking outside of their box.
Love it!!! Absolutely love it! Our school system is a complete failure. Give kids and parents options to find what works for them. People seem to forget that kids are individuals too with their own unique personalities, strengths and weaknesses. Why would we teach them all the same way?
I started working at the age of 8. Selling newspapers and greeting cars. Then at age 11, I worked for one of the local farmers. Feeding cows, driving pickup trucks, painting, weeding the cotton crop, etc. At home, we all had assigned chores in the house, the garden and feeding the livestock. Work builds character. The government should keep its nose out of the personal affairs of individuals and their families.
The information age has completely changed what needs to be learned, but schools (and too many universities) are still stuck as if they were preparing us for 100 years ago.
Those are some wonderful kids that have a handle on life and will probably go far good luck to them all that sounds like a really good school
John stossel in the morning is my favorite show
I hated school! Even back in 1958 when I started, it was all about social structure, clothes, who you were or knew! It only got worse from first grade. I eventually dropped out. In my 20’s after finding out I had a genius IQ but low expectations from my former educators, I started studying what interested me as an adult. College was out of the question; I needed to work to support my family. I read everything I could about whatever caught my fancy. I now have a working knowledge of quantum physics, law (got my paralegal degree), history, the Bible and prophecy, English literature, engineering and aviculture. At 65, I’m now learning about reptiles through having a lizard and a snake.
Learning is always possible. The earlier you start, however, the more it will change a life!
Karen Dobrowolski if that's your lizard in your picture he's a real cutie! I love how you taught yourself, don't let anything hold you back. School isn't for everyone and I'm glad you made your own path
With all we know about learning thinking it fits the same for every person is naive. It was wonderful to see that student who struggled so come out of his shell learn and be happy.
Stossel won me over as a kid. In the 80's he went against the media grain by saying (gasp) "video games are ok for children in moderation". 40 now and still a huge fan of your logic based reporting.
Incredible story. So happy John is still out there doing REAL journalism. Warms my heart!
When I was in high school in 1991, I saw the struggle's of my fellow classmates (myself in math) but the public school system most are forced into are woefully hopefully ineffective at teaching children.
I especially noticed this when it comes to reading, I was an excellent reader and still am, yet the standard teaching methods just don't hack it anymore.
It's great to see schools like this today and Thank God for school choice.
Is the same problem here in Brazil
These kids are the Future, ones willing to put in the effort to succeed
We really need to get rid of the Dept. of Ed.
There was no federal Dept of Ed until the 70s. We developed the space program without it.
Bad idea what about poor kids
@@LeoMes01 um, we were second in the world in education before 1979 when the dept of Ed was formed. We are like 28th now. No matter what your little dumocrat overlords tell you, you can't solve everything with money.
@@LeoMes01 Wow... 2/2, you scared little kid. Par for the course for your lot. You can't argue facts so you just get ppl banned. You don't know history, which is why you think socialist programs actually work. Fuck off, turdo. Now report this one. No little trigger words in this one unless you think turdo is some demographic that needs to be protected. Wouldn't surprise me.
@@jerkfck Public education is saving my ass right now I cant afford to go to private school.
Also why do you think having oversight is a bad idea. I mean who's gonna watch the watchers ?
This school structure seems to be set up like the college I went to. Sitting around discussing ideas, going out into the (real) world for project assignments. I did well and was an A student, this process of learning challenges the mind and focuses on critical thinking. Throughout grade to high school, I was a straight D student that struggled. In the right environment students will flourish.
Remarkable kid, I have to say. Work for your education, very impressive. I am sure this guy will get far in life!
And then, of course, there is the homeschool option. Has worked out wonderfully for us, but like any option, might not be for everybody.
Great video, John! Thanks!
I don’t know. When I was doing teacher training in Hong Kong, we were taught that children have a natural curiosity about the world, given the right condition, they suck in knowledge like you never imagine. All we need to do as teacher is to tap into that natural talent, help them to discover what matters to them. And if you fail to do that, it is your fault, not the kid’s.
I would not put another kid through public High School. Homeschooled now. Make the leap.
I suffered through k-12. They were probably the worst years of my life. I had no passion, I barely scraped by with Cs. Then I went to Everett Community College. I’m currently learning how to read blueprints, work in CAD, how to rivet, how to machine, how to work with composites. I never felt more passionate in schooling, now that I was actually learning what I wanted to learn, and learning something that would help, instead of that MiToChOnDrIa iS tHe PoWeRhOuSe Of ThE CelL bullshit.
Great. End mandatory school and hsd and ged requirements and age limits. People should be able to efficently learn how to do a good job they like so they can get a car and house before 18.
Just imadgine if u were able to learn what u wanted earlier instead of what gov coerced u to learn, u probably would be better off.
Thank you for everything you do, John Stossel! I really appreciate REAL JOURNALISM for once
Yup, I was always really bored in school. I had some subjects I enjoyed, but even they were just absorbing information and barfing it back onto paper.
I HATED my life in school even tho I went to very good private catholic school: I was bored all the time.
Sadly my parents didn't have the money to send me to special school.
Newt Gingrich once wrote an article closely mirroring a similar theme. Allow children to direct their own lives, allow them to work, and possibly pay them to attend school. I would really have loved something like this when I was having so much trouble in public school
I can connect with this. I started working full time at 17 after working small contracts for a couple years rather than going to high school. The way people work in the real world is very different from the way schools have you work. Schools are devoid of healthy incentives, and devoid of healthy costs.
If at all possible, when I have kids, they're going to be getting better at something which balances their passions with market demand, rather than getting better at avoiding or abetting abusive cliques.
I watched Stossel as a kid and he was great. Still watching him in my 40’s, and he’s even better now!
Go John!
We surrendered our children to the state.
Sometimes the kids who do the worst in school are some of the brightest.
Excellent! Imagine a world where there were more schools that valued kids for what they are and what they could do in th he right learning environment for them.
Thanks for your hard work it’s nice to have real reporters and real news
Schools are a waste of eight hours a day
"Academy of thought and industry - it sounds Soviet." 😂😂😂😂
How was this video not monetized?
It's less then 10 minutes long.
Looks like they combine project based learning (PBL) with Harkness seminars (or Socratic seminars) to discuss ideas. This is the way education used to be pre-Industrial Revolution. It targets student interests which makes it directly relevant while also targets skill building and critical thinking. One day I hope to do the same in launching my academy.
Wow, that's uplifting. I firmly believe that small business is this country's social and economic salvation.
Saved by grace through faith!!!
I really like your seamless transitions between interviews
One massive issue is the government's push for testing. Basically, schools are designed to teach kids how to take tests. Because history was not one of those academic tested parts, but was required for graduation, it is able to be a fun and enjoyable engaging classroom. Math? Science? English? Gotta push those hard so students can do well on a test.
Very cool to see this teaching being resurrected. I went to trade/alternative school for my high school education and I loved it!!
My son had a public school teacher who recognized that, while not ADD or ADHD, had trouble sitting still. She worked on tactics to get him focused, when he would lose focus.
She also said that medication should be beyond the last resort, because it would dull his personality.
I used to never think I would send my kids to anything but public school. Seeing so many kids failing during the pandemic shows how much kids and parents (and some teachers for that matter) are uninterested in actually taking school seriously. I feel public schools were already declining in general, but the pandemic has shown so many flaws with it. Not all are bad, but if I find a good private school that I could afford when one of the few good public schools aren’t available, then private is definitely an option for me to my kids. I don’t even have kids in public school yet, and my taxes for the public school district are close to $4000/ year. We have to pay for those new turf practice football fields so our high school team can feel better about themselves after going 3-6 each year.
This is beautiful. Amazing, congratulations to John Stossel and everyone who participated in this. This is a light we need in our society. These people are setting examples for the future, once again, amazing.
In school, I would ignore the lessons and the work, and just read textbooks. Ended up in continuation, where they pretty much just let me do that. They let me know the minimum amount of work they needed from me, and I was more than happy to comply. To this day, I'm still teaching myself. It's a lifelong adventure.
Spotted the Prusa, have one myself! Learned more muddling with that than I have in any school or college I've ever friggen touched.
Schools *_are_* the problem, forcing kids to conform to their structure, rather than forcing schools to conform to the kids' needs. Love Stossel for enlightening us all on the variety of wonderful ideas to improve education. I especially love the "learning by doing" types of projects. In high school, I had 2 lousy Spanish teachers, and then one *_great_* teacher. The first 2 taught by boring repetition. The third gave us projects. We struggled, but had loads more fun.
You find and tell the best stories! Keep up the great work!
The Academy of Thought and Industry operates like a high school level Montessori school, I like it.
I have never seen a segment from John Stossel that I didn't like. REAL NEWS!!! Entertaining journalism.
I wish I would've had a school like this. My generation has the wrong idea. It's not that college should be free, it's that college should be cheaper. By cutting out all the worthless classes they force you to take so they can milk your wallet, they should be operating more like tech schools where you only take the classes you need for the career you're pursuing and setting you up with some OTJ experience. Taking a history class isn't going to make you a better pharmacist, it's just not, and anyone who tells you differently is trying to sell you something.
The school tried to pressure my mother into putting me on ritalin.
She said no, thankfully.
i hated school, after i dropped from college i found myself studying more than ever because i can learn on my own accord and learn about things i'm actually interested in
Great for those motivated students wanting to self improve their life.
One size fits all mentality in our schools is destroying the potential of many kids. They often drop out and become boxed in. School vouchers.
This should be 95% of the high schools in America
This story is my brother in a nutshell. My brother is basically skilled in everything, except when it came to school. He needed to see things; touch things, build things; and so on. School just wasn't that for him so he grew up hating school and hated learning. Ironically he excelled at everything during and after school when he became an adult. I still remember finding out that his money management skills were top notch when I thought he was irresponsible with money; turns out when he wanted to be fiscally responsible he simply flipped a switch and decided it was time to take it serious like me and my mom always had. He knew all the fundamentals already and was always paying attention.
I say all that to say that I believe we need to seriously revamp the school system so it caters to children doing things that have them grow into what will become a life skill and outlet, as opposed to sitting in some rediculous classroom, as the young man said early on, and having information just chucked at you to pass a test so you can please administrators. School has become nothing more than indoctrination centers-- a fraudulent, money-making, unionized, and subsidized scheme. Hence the idiotic protests nearly every month, and the fight against school choice and home schooling; among other alternatives they can't directly control. Government should be as far away from the schooling system as possible, with very minimal standards of course, and left up to the local communities. We've really got to change this draconian schooling system.
I actually had a good experience in public school. I felt engaged and learned. I mean a few times I would get a boring lecture teacher, but that was few and far between. It is very clear from what I hear that my experience is not typical though.
Great video. I graduated high school in 2010 from a small high school (98 in my class). It's crazy to see how much public schools have changed in just 9 years.
Mr Stossel, I just want you to know that I only recently discovered your content. As a 30+ yr old I do know your name from pop culture growing up but I never really watched any of your content. For your information, everything I have seen from you thus far has rung a bell in my own political belief system. You are fighting for true freedom, many ideas and beliefs that seem to have been lost in this country for the past 50+ years. My own beliefs seem to mirror what you have portrayed, I struggle to find a viewpoint of yours I disagree with.
You are a role model for me and I am sure many others. You have my utmost respect for what you do. Thank you and continue being the change you want to see in the world.
I’ve always wondered why public education tries to make every student do exactly the same thing, then expect them to know what they do want to do when they graduate. This is a brilliant idea.
🤣 Ah, good point!
Wow! Fascinating. Educators & legislators should become excited to see a working model that is successful and want to emulate it.
My son hated school, dropped out and went to a trade school. Got his apprenticeship and OSHA certifications. He learned more there than the two years it would've taken him to finish HS, little lone all the time he would have to spend in a college taking courses he wouldn't need.
How true this is i had a young teacher in the 80s like this a D student had A s in his class because open discussion
Our school system was set up to prepare people to work in a factory. Now they're geared more for putting people in a cubicle, but most people don't do well at that either, or don't end up in the cubicle at the end of the day.
Wish I had something like this when I was a teen.
I wish I could train here. My parents were poor and when I was 12 they were rock bottom. Dad was ill, mom was a clerk at Kmart in 1967 for $1.40 hour.
I mowed lawns & delivered newspapers for 5 years. I made $50-$70 a month but by today’s standard that is about $700-$1000. I was in Jr High & HS and hated it. The classes were nothing I’d do in life and teachers even back then were liberal but jobs. They’d monologue us to death about President Johnson & Vietnam, race riots etc.
They didn’t indulge in anything we need in life. No practical application whatsoever.
This is what kids need.
Doing good work John. Thank you.
It's the whole premise behind homeschooling and unschooling. We chose it for our child and it was the best thing that ever happened.
NOBODY took ADHD drugs in the 50s and 60s. We had class clowns and hyper kids, but we were all expected to be present in school!
Absolutely
Stossel you did good with this one!
School hasn't changed in 100 years.
Just think about that for a while.
I substitute teach I am 68 and if I close my eyes I can see no difference from the time I went to high school 50 ,years ago other than computers in the room.
We're going through this with our 3rd grader. He's always been a great student but this year he's got different teachers that coddle the students. Our son is always in trouble because he's bored in class doing their common core crap. Luckily we have a really good magnet high school program here. He's looking forward to high school in a few years.
I love these videos, JS. I love how you interview and ask adversarial questions, even though you agree, to let them defend. I love the material you cover. Thanks :D
Great story, shared it with my Son
People often mistake the purpose of public schools. Education? Maybe as a fortunate by-product. They have to get you to put your kids in it some way, just like when they add another activity you have to do every year to keep your health insurance rates lower, they tell you how it's for your benefit, all the while using the opportunity to add another surcharge if you don't do it or else collect increasing amounts of information on you when you do. Your freedom or your money, they want one or the other, you can't be allowed to keep both.
Think about it: at public schools, you are told when to go, where to go, and what to do. Does this at all sound familiar? If you have a normal job, it does. In fact, a lot of the things at my normal job remind me of elementary school, even though I'm over 40, and a fairly well-paid, skilled woodworking machine operator producing window parts down to the hundredth of an inch precision. Clock in, if you clock in a minute late, you get a tardy point, and lose an hour of sick time off. Breaks are always the same time. They even have a buzzer. Work buzzer to buzzer, they say, and God help you if you get your things and put your coat on before the final one, even if your work is finished. It doesn't matter what you learn in school, as long as you've learned to do as your told. It's the perfect setting for training low-level employees and good loyal subjects of the government, whatever name they've given to that government to make it sound good.
We love working in factories because they provide job security. It requires no faith in God as Provider when you're sure you're getting a paycheck every two weeks. But we sacrifice freedom, innovation, opportunity, and adventure for the security. Schools are the same. It's easier for us because someone else cares for and teaches the kids. "They're professional educators," we say, and think our kids are better off, but then we give up the opportunity to teach the kids ourselves our knowledge and the wisdom to apply it, and our values, culture, and faith.
I'm not saying we should abolish schools, or factories, but I do see in our country that the loss of a moral faith base means we no longer have the power to limit the powers of institutions like these in our lives, and we are at risk of being too dependent on them. We are at risk of becoming their servants instead of their masters. Jesus said you can only serve either God or money, but not both. He didn't say you shouldn't serve both, He said you couldn't.
I'd love to know what my blacksmith ancestors would think of the way we learn and work in our day and age.
Now excuse me while I go repent before God my Provider for what I've done with my life.