Let's change the framing here a bit. And, use framing as the analogy.
A person in 1965 versus a person in 1990. Who are you going to trust to give you an accurate read on a tape measure? We can argue education versus parenting on this small example. I didn't grow up with a father and know how to read a measure. So, it's education.
I'm am with the idea of disbanding the DOE. There's no better reason than what we just saw with Covid. But more so because the kids coming out of school now a day are, not all cases, some dumb phucks. Seriously. Go to the store and throw the change down on a purchase AFTER they rang it up...see how long it takes for them to do the math. It happened today on a $8.13 purchase and I told them "just give me .75" after I gave her $9. She was confused as hell.
Kids sitting around not doing anything, watching TV, playing video games, watching tiktok, just being stimulated while being idle, is what is killing their interests and stymying their development. And those of young adults. This article puts it well, using the terms Dopamine Culture and The Dopamine Cartel. I'll start with a key graphic, then link to the article itself.
Find your places on the chart. Culture has been replaced by mindless entertainment, which in turn has been supplanted by compulsive behavior.
It's why deliberate activities, physical exercise, outside pursuits, have all been determined to be healthy for a person. They used to be regular activities, now they're viewed as therapy. All of the big nothing apps - Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. - are damaging to humans as they use them more. For me, I can see it happening with YouTube. I grew up tearing down beaver dams on a property we had, and there were five dams I'd tear out each day when I got home from school. Now, I can sit and watch someone else tear down a beaver dam, or someone else build an off-grid cabin. It's great to see how to do something on YouTube, but when I move to just watching instead of learning to do, it's pure waste and stimulation.
Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)
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What does it mean for the hard worker, the person with their eye on the prize? They become more and more remarkable for their dedication, and I would say it gets easier to get ahead - until you start trying to hire other people.
Dump the DOE? It might improve things in some places. It didn't exist in its current form until 1980, when it was separated from Health/Education/Welfare, which itself was created in 1953. Federalizing education was an outgrowth from discrimination in education.
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