[freedumb2003]

I really do feel sorry for this generation.

It is a bizarre combination of helicopter-parent led “I’m special” arrogance and yet not being trained for useful careers that has landed them in forceps not of their making.

The liberals have run the education henhouse for the last 20 years. Their seeds have sprouted at last.

I wish I had an immediate solution, but that is like looking for a magic pill for a long-developing cancer.

If we don’t rip the whole education system out from its intransigent liberal roots — from K-12 through Grad and Post-Grad, this will be the lot for our children’s children’s children.

[SeekAndFind]

I really do feel sorry for this generation.

It is a bizarre combination of helicopter-parent led “I’m special” arrogance and yet not being trained for useful careers that has landed them in forceps not of their making.

I have a friend whose daughter graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in International Business at Grove City College this year ( She took up Chinese as a second language for 3 years ). Guess where she found a job ? A Chinese trading company in Hang Zhou. Of course she isn't making US dollars and her salary won't be as good as if she were working in the USA. But hey, she had been looking for 6 months. It beats being unemployed.

[achilles2000]

“this will be the lot for our children’s children’s children.”

Not if they are homeschooled.

[XenaLee]

"If we don’t rip the whole education system out from its intransigent liberal roots — from K-12 through Grad and Post-Grad, this will be the lot for our children’s children’s children."

You're oversimplifying the issue and the problem. You mention the liberal roots. Those liberal roots have webbed its way into EVERY aspect of government and of our lives, as proven by their current control of all three branches and probably the SC now.

So tell us, how does one go about ripping out those liberal roots from the education system? The real question should be, how do we go about eliminating Liberalism. Easier said than done. Barring some radical new movement or revolution, I just don't see that necessary change ahappenin now or any time soon (or maybe ever).

[ReagansShinyHair]

Oh, it’s a lot longer than 20 years. Have you read John Taylor Gatto’s book? The Underground History of American Education? I think that’s what it’s called. I lent my copy out and can’t remember the exact title any more. I was a teacher for 7 years, my parents were both teachers, and that book rings true.