The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America

For some sort of response that will help me muster up some hope for this world. (Because you really need it.)

I believe this is very true.

We live in the information age, and nobody wants to learn anything.

Everyone has infinite knowledge at their fingertips 24/7 with "smart" phones, and they use it to watch videos and go on facebook.

This is by far the farthest humans have ever come, and we are dumber than we ever were.

It is a sad thing.

Last Edited by Brad Daylight on 12/09/2013 08:58 PM

Exactly! It makes me so sad. This species has so much potential, and it's being squandered.

The military remote drone killing machines had their controls made similar to electric war game toys because of the excellent ready made supply of young operators. At the same time the greater part of high school graduates can barely read, do simple math or write a paragraph.

I know, I'm currently attending community college and over half of the student body has to take developmental English and Math before they can enroll in college-level classes.

I think most college grads would have trouble with this test. One I was impressed with was the diversity of the questions. If a student passed the test I would say they have a well-rounded education.

Skills are what moderns lack. The idea that $ money creates useful skills is absurd . Skills are taught through interest and adeptness. And a hands on approach to learning a specific skill set and applying it to other areas. As I post on a IT platform....

Last Edited by silvervega on 12/09/2013 09:45 PM

Not "teaching", not "learning" but indoctrination.

Unfortunately Community Colleges now have to function as grade 13 and 14 for far too many community college students. Most public schools seem totally incapable of graduating students who are proficient in the most basic areas of math and English which are needed to function at the college level.

Community Colleges were great stepping stones to get into University but there is only so much they can do.

Last Edited by deplorable but adorable davvi on 12/09/2013 09:53 PM

Unfortunately you are correct.

I know, I see it every day in class. I just can't understand how these schools are giving the students diplomas when they haven't been taught anything.

They lack necessary logic and reasoning, too.

Where can we see the test?

jk

Begs the question of how imbecility enthroned itself in the course of human events.
Does it all start downhill with the First World War or did it occur later in the 50's when the discovery was made that "Johnny" could not read but could play guitar just like ringing a bell?

The above link is titled "Stupid is the new Black."

The Insiders have to bring us down to their level...

I'm thinking the deliberate dumbing down of Americans through the public school system began sometime around when John D. Rockefeller said, "I do not want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers."

I work with some of the dumbest people on the planet and I think they are a good cross section of what is really out there. If what I see and hear daily is true we have no freaking hope. Most of the people around me are just lost sheep and will get slaughtered soon when the SHTF and it is coming soon.

Schools don't teach kids to learn, only to pass tests. Somehow they get kids to pass the tests yet for some reason don't retain anything. Most Jr & Sr high schools are drug emporiums. Most schools don't engage in drug testing since somehow someone figured out you violate their rights by drug testing. Most schools aren't allowed to teach life skills. Most schools don't teach things that are helpful to live in today's world.
I'm not a test taker. Too much emphasis is placed on testing because it is a measurement of standardization. Too much emphasis is based on the faulty idea that all children are the same.
There are a lot of things I don't remember from childhood schooling. I never saw the importance of memorizing things I could look up. I was never good at English until I had it in college yet today I see people with doctorates that write like 7th graders.
Schools have never been good at showing kids how what they are learning is important. Kids need to know. History tells us a lot. Kids need to know how to find out things. I seriously doubt a lot of college students today could find useful things on the internet.
Children need to be taught how to work. Schools don't teach that either.