Yup. The Teachers' Colleges are a root cause of progressivism's infiltration, for sure. Same with all those degree programs that you mentioned. I'd love to see those programs eliminated as I don't see that they have any value unless I'm missing something. The Teachers' Colleges... ugh. Take a C- student and create an indoctrinating bot. That's it in a nutshell. We need content specialists in the basics: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Perhaps all that's needed is a criminal background check, a mental health evaluation, proven content knowledge, and a successful track record of actually teaching successfully (not rate my teacher style where grade inflation comes in). I understand most middle school teachers can't do math. Lovely.
I'm an infantry veteran and a combat sports enthusiast who has decided to enter the most terrifying fray of my life: I'm applying to teach high school in Delaware/Florida. I've tutored kids for years but I have no specific teacher training (but I have a B.A. from U of AZ). I very much look forward to teaching classes... but I dread the heavy weight of overpaid administrators and the utopian garbage of the professional education component. Nothing that's worthwhile is easy though!
We need more masculine men in therapy and teaching, I think. I might as well step forward.
One question. Do you believe that a causal link between childhood autism and vaccination has been proven because our new Secretary of HHS does? So much for science.
No way! I only believe such things when I've found some solid causal evidence to. As far as I know there's no such evidence. This isn't written to Trump voters or RFK supporters or conservatives or Republicans though. These are areas of improvement which should be considered by anyone worried about social justice ideas.
I heard a Peter Thiel podcast today and he said something I'd agree with: there's a constant tension between credulity/openness and faith in authority/intolerance. Most scientists now would say there are ALL these issues about which the public has too much credulity and not enough faith in authority: climate change, vaccines, social science. How many areas would they admit that science is too rigid and too enamored of its own authority though? Probably none. Either they're doing things perfectly or they need to introduce more skepticism in the system and stop acting as if the proclamations of experts are holy writ. That ship sailed during COVID.
The answer isn't to say "this has been settled-don't question it"... it's to say "there's no evidence but we will consider your hypotheses." If RFK wants to analyze data about vaccine risk (a lot of which is now missing, apparently) or run studies I'm all for that. I think vaccine hesitancy is harmful and probably wrong but I don't know for sure. No one does.
After the election the Democratic Party (my party) must rethink many of its policies as it ponders its future.
To be entrusted with power again Democrats must start listening to the concerns of the working class for a change. As a lifelong moderate Democrat I share their disdain for many of the insane positions advocated by my party.
Democrat politicians defy biology by believing that men can actually become women and belong in women’s sports, rest rooms, locker rooms and prisons and that children should be mutilated in pursuit of the impossible.
They believe borders should be open to millions of illegals which undermines workers’ wages and the affordability of housing when we can’t house our own citizens.
They discriminate against whites, Asians and men in a vain effort to counter past discrimination against others and undermine our economy by abandoning merit selection of students and employees.
Democratic mayors allow homelessness to destroy our beautiful cities because they won't say no to destructive behavior. No you can’t camp in this city. No you can’t shit in our streets. No you can’t shoot up and leave your used needles everywhere. Many of our prosecutors will not take action against shoplifting unless a $1000 of goods are stolen leading to gangs destroying retail stores. They release criminals without bond to rob and murder again.
The average voter knows this is happening and outright reject our party. Enough.
Yup. The Teachers' Colleges are a root cause of progressivism's infiltration, for sure. Same with all those degree programs that you mentioned. I'd love to see those programs eliminated as I don't see that they have any value unless I'm missing something. The Teachers' Colleges... ugh. Take a C- student and create an indoctrinating bot. That's it in a nutshell. We need content specialists in the basics: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Perhaps all that's needed is a criminal background check, a mental health evaluation, proven content knowledge, and a successful track record of actually teaching successfully (not rate my teacher style where grade inflation comes in). I understand most middle school teachers can't do math. Lovely.
I'm an infantry veteran and a combat sports enthusiast who has decided to enter the most terrifying fray of my life: I'm applying to teach high school in Delaware/Florida. I've tutored kids for years but I have no specific teacher training (but I have a B.A. from U of AZ). I very much look forward to teaching classes... but I dread the heavy weight of overpaid administrators and the utopian garbage of the professional education component. Nothing that's worthwhile is easy though!
We need more masculine men in therapy and teaching, I think. I might as well step forward.
Wow, that’s awesome. Hats off to you. We definitely do need those things.
One question. Do you believe that a causal link between childhood autism and vaccination has been proven because our new Secretary of HHS does? So much for science.
No way! I only believe such things when I've found some solid causal evidence to. As far as I know there's no such evidence. This isn't written to Trump voters or RFK supporters or conservatives or Republicans though. These are areas of improvement which should be considered by anyone worried about social justice ideas.
I heard a Peter Thiel podcast today and he said something I'd agree with: there's a constant tension between credulity/openness and faith in authority/intolerance. Most scientists now would say there are ALL these issues about which the public has too much credulity and not enough faith in authority: climate change, vaccines, social science. How many areas would they admit that science is too rigid and too enamored of its own authority though? Probably none. Either they're doing things perfectly or they need to introduce more skepticism in the system and stop acting as if the proclamations of experts are holy writ. That ship sailed during COVID.
The answer isn't to say "this has been settled-don't question it"... it's to say "there's no evidence but we will consider your hypotheses." If RFK wants to analyze data about vaccine risk (a lot of which is now missing, apparently) or run studies I'm all for that. I think vaccine hesitancy is harmful and probably wrong but I don't know for sure. No one does.
BTW, here’s my take on the election:
After the election the Democratic Party (my party) must rethink many of its policies as it ponders its future.
To be entrusted with power again Democrats must start listening to the concerns of the working class for a change. As a lifelong moderate Democrat I share their disdain for many of the insane positions advocated by my party.
Democrat politicians defy biology by believing that men can actually become women and belong in women’s sports, rest rooms, locker rooms and prisons and that children should be mutilated in pursuit of the impossible.
They believe borders should be open to millions of illegals which undermines workers’ wages and the affordability of housing when we can’t house our own citizens.
They discriminate against whites, Asians and men in a vain effort to counter past discrimination against others and undermine our economy by abandoning merit selection of students and employees.
Democratic mayors allow homelessness to destroy our beautiful cities because they won't say no to destructive behavior. No you can’t camp in this city. No you can’t shit in our streets. No you can’t shoot up and leave your used needles everywhere. Many of our prosecutors will not take action against shoplifting unless a $1000 of goods are stolen leading to gangs destroying retail stores. They release criminals without bond to rob and murder again.
The average voter knows this is happening and outright reject our party. Enough.
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Brilliant. Thank you, James. 🙏
Great article -am off to read all the 'sub articles'
Yes to all. Thank you. 👍