When I tell millenials that one of the most famous cartoons of my childhood was Mighty Mouse, which was sung opera with classical music, they cannot believe it.
We have raised the most culturally ignorant generation.
And will pay for it as we lose our culture.
The homeschoolers once gave me hope.
But many homeschooled and conservative Christians join the military and some of our brightest and most creative are being killed for nothing or marginalized in the military
Remember also the “Classic Comics” line, which was all the great works of literature condensed to their plot line and illustrated ala Superman. They were great, everybody read them...in fact, I recall a teacher assigning us some great (but boring) work to read and telling us that she didn’t want to find out that we had only read the “Classic Comics” version!
I suspect there were many works that were only read in that version. However, you would end up knowing the plot and recognizing any references to it in later life, so even reading just the comics added to your common knowledge and ability to express our intellectual heritage.
Very true. Today’s military simply cannot take the average taught-to-hate-America, dumbed down to 2nd grade level, sexually/gender perverted public school high school “graduate.”
Practically every kid nowadays is “Autistic Spectrum.” I believe the crap they watch has a lot to do with it. I tried to wean my stepkids off of Spongebob and Icarly, but by then it was too late. Their mom (who is her kids FRIEND and makes them her “mini spouses”) and my husband who became overly permissive for fear of his ex and the court system had already done the damage.
Today they are teen academic failures with”learning disabilities” They have no problem expressing themselves, however, in “texting language” on social media.
My own kids are grown and productive citizens—I raised them on classic cartoons for entertainment, but mostly educational games and viewing.
You raise a point I have never considered.