The vast majority of things people attribute to "Race" or "Culture" really just boil down to POVERTY.
You'll see more violent crime, lower test scores, etc. in a poor white neighborhood than a wealthy black one.
Stupid people who can't look one layer deeper than the surface associate these things with race instead of poverty.
Actually not true....For violent crime as an example Appalachia has a violent crime rate half of the National average...The education statistics I don't have but will do some research.
Actually true, crime follows poverty as does poor education. Single parent families makes it even worse which is a known issue in some cultures.
I think kids are doubtful even STEM degrees will result in any kind of stability. Obviously you have the 5 who are smart and motivated who will do it regardless. But for a lot of kids who need that extra push, dedicating your life to academics seems like a long shot especially if you cant afford to eat after moving out.
No worries! Having Bibles, The Ten Commandments, and returning the Pledge of Allegiance to the classroom will fix that right up!
End the Fed and the grip the Nation Wreckers have on the US will fade, as they take their full act to Ukraine - they are fully aware of what I mean. lol The bulk of the massive third world immigration (they created the situation)to the US has been disasterous, never mind their agents like the very stinky anti-American Randi Weingarten in her tenure at the American Federation of Teachers actually working to destroy the schools and the profession.
Actually not true....For violent crime as an example Appalachia has a violent crime rate half of the National average...The education statistics I don't have but will do some research.
Actually true, crime follows poverty as does poor education. Single parent families makes it even worse which is a known issue in some cultures.
There is no American poverty.
AI Overview +7 Africa's average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita varies significantly by source and metric, but figures suggest an average of approximately **$1,930 to $2,150 in nominal terms (2025) and around $7,370 in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms (2025) **. Income per capita differs greatly by country, with wealthy nations like Seychelles and Mauritius having incomes exceeding $12,000, while many other countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, have incomes below $1,000.
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Remember when comparing certain metrics that the US by law educates everyone. Several nations educate their mentally and physically challenged in an asylum system if at all. The $ per student would explain some of these disparities.
Let’s get real. With the technological advancements of the last 20-30 years, most of the educational infrastructure has been rendered redundant. Other than the hands-on stuff, you can learn much more efficiently outside of a classroom environment.
I went to an elite public math and science high school. Let me go back in time with today’s technology and I easily out perform my former self without ever setting foot in a classroom.
For Gen Xers like myself, there were no computers in high school. No one owned a pc or a laptop much less an IPhone and of course there was no internet.
I remember going to the physical library and researching things on microfiche.
Yet, for some reason it still takes 12 years to teach the same curriculum.
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Actually not true....For violent crime as an example Appalachia has a violent crime rate half of the National average...The education statistics I don't have but will do some research.
Huh, I wonder why a place with incredibly low population density would have low violent crime rates...
The U.S. does badly in international comparisons, despite being a rich country, because there is a far greater income disparity in the United States than most of those other upper income countries.
Getting the best teachers in charge of the curriculum is no solution because you are taking them out of the classroom and great teaching just isn't something easily transferable to adults already in the classroom.
Math and Science are important. But is it as important as how each child feels?
Isnt it more important that they feel like they belong? Whoever invented the participation trophy, should be awarded the Nobel prize.
You think you have skewered the progressive philosophy of education here, but in fact you have ignored the fact that psychology is deeply correlated with educational success. Get the child to want to learn and you will get a driven child who will blow by all the educational standards and excel. The depressive and angry child learns little or nothing, regardless of capacity. Of course, having a home environment in which education is the priority is crucial, but having educated parents makes an enormous difference. The language you hear in the home is far more advanced. They can help you understand what you are being taught. They will expect that you do your work every day and won't simply scream at you because life isn't treating them well.
Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life explains all you need to know about why America is dumb AF. Yes, it’s a very long book and was written in the 1960s - but it still applies today.
Our size of our country and immigration allows us to get away from being so dumb … but now smart people aren’t having kids. 🤷🏻♀️
Thinking that online education is the key to success, even for five year olds, is one of those groundless claims exposed as false during the Pandemic.
What was done during the pandemic was a haphazard response to a crisis.
The idea that this was an example of the failure of online learning is absurd. Deep down teachers and their unions know that most of them are redundant and unnecessary. That’s why they’re so hostile towards online learning.
I watch a lot of science YouTubes. In the comments section you invariably getting students saying they learned more from a 15 min video than from their school 1.5 hour lecture.