Posted on 07/03/2018 1:23:38 PM PDT by rktman
Cabot Phillips of Campus Reform interviewed students at New York University to test the truth of a Gallup Poll showing a sharp decline in young Americans who are proud of their country. Sadly, the responses he received arent surprising.
Student after student made it clear: they were not.
No! Im not proud of America. Im not proud of what weve done, said one student, while another simply declared, definitely not.
One student, addressing the concept of American Exceptionalism, said I think we need to stop thinking were the best nation on Earth. Its just egotistical and not accurate. When asked which country is better than America, she responded, probably some nice little socialist country in Europe.
One student went so far as to say that patriotic views about America are nothing more than a tool to be used to get people to join the Army.
Hardened by their own discontent, these perpetual complainers have no love for those who fought and died so every man and woman can be in control of their own lives, take responsibility for their own successes and failures, and revel in the strange mix of anxiety and joy that comes from living a life of freedom.
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Parroting the obamys. Watch how far down the ranks the US will fall on the next world education rankings.
No need. A simple review of the applicants social media is often all you need to reveal all one needs to know.
My survey questions would be:
1) What have your parents taught you about America?
2) What have your professors taught you about America?
My bet would be that the problem gets identified by the disparity between those two answers - not so much that the first is so positive and the second so negative, but more likely that the first is virtually nothing, and the second is a lot of negative somethings.
Hence, nature abhors a vacuum, idle minds are the devil’s playground, and whatever other proverbs would apply. But bottom line, as much as one would like to blame the professors and/or the students themselves, it’s also important not to forget about how to many parents in our generation have abandoned the role of imparting patriotism to our children - either at home, or through parental supervision and pressur at PTA meetings, through the early education experience in grades K-12.
This stupid hurts.
My oldest daughter when just out of high school went traveling with a couple friends to dozens of countries. She couldn't believe the rotten conditions everywhere else and gained a new appreciation of being in the USA. As in "it sucks crapping over an open hole in the ground with no privacy and seeing crap everywhere, that passes for good restrooms!". USA, best country on Earth (no walls keeping us in).
“probably some nice little socialist country in Europe.
Euphoria! Paradise! Heaven!
What these poor kids don’t know is
astounding. Sad to think their eyes
will never open to observe truth.
The big government/college scam that's leaving uneducated kids with horrendously college loans they can't pay off will turn out to be one of the great scandals in American history.
Blame it on the teachers.
Schooled beyond their intelligence but sadly lacking in education.
As a side note to this thread, please consider the following.
It wouldnt surprise me if the referenced NYU students, along with the Campus Reform staff members who asked the students if they are proud of the USA, if asked why the Founding States made the Constitutions Section 8 of Article I, would respond to the question only with a shrug and an I dont know expression on their faces.
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