Posted on 09/26/2025 5:25:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Much of America’s youth is in free fall, with the only question being why. On every metric, our kids lag behind the world, are abysmally unhappy and unprepared for a life that’s less kind and forgiving than it was fifty years ago. It didn’t happen by accident, and the divided nature of our country means we are unprepared to make necessary changes. Our society tolerates confrontation and excuses, always finding superficial reasons why Johnny can’t read, and why everyone’s so angry. It’s certainly not about money; we spend more per pupil than anyone else.
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During COVID, roughly 31% of students were chronically absent (missing ≥10% of school days). In 2022-2023, the rate dipped slightly to 28%, but that’s still 75% higher than pre-pandemic levels. In the 2023-2024 academic year, long after COVID’s lockdowns ended, approximately 27.4% of students were still absent.
But that’s just the start of the problem; if Johnny isn’t in school, he can’t learn. But what about when he’s physically in school? What are the underlying dynamics that prevent our young from having a fighting chance to obtain essential skills that are a requirement for living a good life?
It takes three things to take a young person and grow him into a scholar. A scholar must learn to think critically, read, write, and be both emotionally and logically prepared to live in the real world. That young person must eventually (with the help of loving parents) decide which direction to strike out into, whether it be a specific trade or higher skills requiring college or university. Treading water jobs that used to be transitional are now becoming permanent, stymying growth for millions because their schools failed them, and too often, their distracted parents as well.
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When everything the student believes is untrue, the teacher’s job is done.
Always take it a level higher and never underestimate the potential.
Yes.
To someone asking that question, if you have to ask, perhaps you’re a victim of being dumbed down.
Yes, this has been going on or 30+ years
In short, real pedagogy is altruistic.
“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength”.
“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Is this a question that really needs to be asked?
How on earth did you come up with that assumption?
Defund public education. We have to burn the village to save it.
All by design, Comrades. All. By. Design.
“Why Johnny Can’t Read” was published in 1955.
Is it phones, addiction to social media? Studies strongly suggest that it is. Schools that have banned phones have been getting good results.
We have known this for a long time. This alone should be a top priority for this administration.
The focus on internal American issues needs more attention because the first year has been swallowed up with foreign entanglements.
It is all for nothing if the schools keep cranking out poorly educated America haters.
Just keep in your mind the lunatics teaching the kids who showed us their venom and stupidity after Charlie Kirk was murdered
Young minds indoctrinated by “teachers” and other influences.
“””Are Our Youth Being Intentionally Dumbed Down?”””
Yes. How else can the enemy create a horde of ‘useful idiots’.
American kids are dumbed down due to animals like Randi Weingarten who put in policies that forces teachers to use the most kids who can’t keep up as the baseline for course material. When I was a kid in public school we had 6 classes per grade. So if you in grade 4 class 1 you were considered extremely smart. Grade 4 class 6 you might as well have been in special ed.
As to not offend minorities who scored low on knowledge exams, the practice was eliminated. This resulted in more kids dropping out when they got to high school and the smart kids got bored who were then diagnosed with ADD and fed meds.
I was one of those diagnosed, and I was already in high school. Instead of help, I was pushed through the system. Took me 38 years after that to get my bachelors and another five to get my MBA.
“Why Johnny Can’t Add” came along in the 1970’s.
My theory, someone with an education degree offers an innovative approach which is complete rubbish, markets it, the schools apply it and with each generation worse off for it, it becomes traditional.
I hear the entropy of an isolated system does not decrease.
The teachers are told to pass everyone and don’t give homework. So low expectations equals little effort. Nobody is exceptional. Obama is happy.
“”””“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”””””
I particularly like that quote. Look at what we spend to “educate” kids these days. Kids are innately curious to learn and it takes a lot of indoctrination to destroy it.
Today’s teacher to the kids: “You don’t have to know how to add up a bunch of numbers because your smartphone will do it for you.”
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