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Why Are University Students So Stupidity-Friendly?
American Thinker ^ | June 21, 2020 | Rober Weissberg

Posted on 06/21/2020 7:25:13 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

I’m not against good articles, but I feel as if we all *know* the problem already, and reading and quoting all these articles is starting to feel like a waste of time.

The question now is, what to do?

Regarding the education crisis, I think we first and foremost have to take back our public schools. All parents who care need to start attending school board meetings and making sure the curriculum that is being taught is acceptable, and that the teachers are not teaching them to hate America. If you find yourselves outnumbered, then withdraw your kids from these schools and do homeschooling, private schooling, parochial schooling... whatever you can.


21 posted on 06/21/2020 9:16:11 AM PDT by FreedomVsControl
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To: Kaslin

All of this is nothing new. It’s been going on for over 25 years with many conservatives commenting on it. In fact, many have made very brilliant remarks, given penetrating and astute insights. But nothing, alas, (to use a Roger Kimball word choice) NOTHING has been done. Since the early days people like Roger Kimball, Allan Bloom, Robert Bork, etc. have been sounding the clarion call of alarm. To repeat, nothing has been done. Conservatives must think the leftist/communist infection of the university and from there to the remaining parts of body politic (arts, government, law, entertainment, Hollywood, media, big tech) will eventually subside and reason and order will naturally be restored. WRONG! This is a cowardly view. For over 20 years this problem kept getting worse. What did conservatives as a whole do? Put their heads in the sand.


22 posted on 06/21/2020 9:30:22 AM PDT by BEJ
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To: FreedomPoster

Thank you. That picture should be reprinted and retransmitted as many times as possible. Yale must be renamed, or cease to exist.


23 posted on 06/21/2020 9:54:01 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Kaslin

Because the crappy instructors have driven the good ones out.


24 posted on 06/21/2020 11:18:54 AM PDT by Thud
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To: Vaduz

Because universities have lowered their standards in order to meet racial and cultural quotas instead of holding out for the very best with the highest IQ.

Not everybody should go to college and fact most people are smarter if they don’t.

Truly intelligent people will educate themselves one way or the other.

Universities are now in the business of excluding intelligent people because it makes the stupids look bad.

As well as the social justice supposed hacks who impersonate intelligent and tenured professors of stem subject matter.

Students who would be prone to scientific thinking reasoning logic and hypothesis... Are being screened out.


25 posted on 06/21/2020 11:48:32 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they often use it)
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To: iamgalt

A bucket full of well-crafted wisdom.


26 posted on 06/21/2020 12:02:11 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t know how other people put up with them. I have a low tolerance for bs. I counted the days until I could legally drop out.


27 posted on 06/21/2020 12:42:47 PM PDT by Trillian
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Universities are now in the business of excluding intelligent people because it makes the stupids look bad.

Indeed a new book out by John Ellis about the break down of education is a must read.


28 posted on 06/22/2020 8:06:26 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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Bump


29 posted on 06/22/2020 2:06:30 PM PDT by foreverfree
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