Adding Back Shop, Music and Art into School Curricula
In school boards all around this country, conversations are being held about returning classes like shop to the things we expose our kids to. I’m sure there is an endless stream of arguments and counterarguments to be made.
One is that, in the 55 years since I was taking shop, and using power tools like jig-, circular- and bandsaws, there has been an enormous decay in our kids’ awareness of the world around them. Some say that this was brought on by their uncontrolled use of electronic devices and social media. I’m not sure, but one thing’s certain: thinking that a schoolchild is going to cut wood or metal without dismembering himself is utter foolishness.
You’re going to need a shuttle bus to get kids to the local emergency room.
What Aristotle said here is interesting, especially since there has been so much of both evil and good through the millennia. The days since Aristotle have been marked by the Golden Age of Rome (Pax Romana), the Dark Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, the Rennaissance, the Enlightenment, the end of slavery, the slaughter of the Native Americans, the post-Emancipation oppression of Black Americans, the Holocaust, and so many more major historical events.
Here’s a recent photograph of Portland, Oregon. I was expecting to see thousands of Che Guevara look-alikes with Molotov cocktails, rather than a street filled with yuppies stocking up on organic sprouts.
How about Newsmax? When I want to spend a few minutes checking out what the truly hateful morons are watching, that’s where I go. I know you’ll love it.
Bill Mahrer has a point here, but it needs to be kept in perspective.
Of all the stupidity coming out of the White House, this crap about sending troops, outfitted to engage in armed conflict to save our “war-ravaged” cities from the radical left may be at the very top of the list.
As screwed up as our society is, we all need to keep in mind that most Americans are not Charlie Kirk. Yes, the media is raking in uncountable amounts of money by sensationalizing his assassination but let keep this in perspective.
The meme here implies that solar thermal was ill-conceived from the start.
Russian Anarchist Emma Goldman was once named the most dangerous woman in America by the FBI, and at the left we can see why.
Throughout history, there have been many social critics who have observed that public education represents a real danger to the ruling class. Here’s what George Carlin said on the subject:
