Kitchen Table Rant: The Dumbing Down of America

Every so often something happens that makes you sit back and go, “what in the world am I listening to?” As these have been happening more and more often, I sat back and wondered what was actually going on, and the final result was mind blowing.

Now, before you think I don’t know what I am talking about — rest assured, I most certainly do. As I gain new classrooms full of students each year, I always hope that there are some in there that are free thinkers. I love free thinkers. Most of America does not, and here is why. Most teachers do NOT know how to keep personal biases out of a classroom. Instead of teaching things as they SHOULD be taught, we are teaching as we THINK they should be presented. Let’s take American History for example, just for fun.

American History — Tragedy In The Making

Now, we know our history, right? But do you really. That should make you sit back and think for a minute. Go back to any history class you had in elementary school, high school, or college and compare what they are telling you. Chances are — you got a glossing of what happened, and then you got their bias of what happened. This happens a lot more than people think. We have a bunch of people running around right now with grand ideas, but where did those ideas originate? In a classroom!