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| How to destroy your education and lose world leadership |
| 2023-02-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Dmitry Kosyrev [RIA] School education in the United States was falling apart for a long time, or rather, it was falling apart for a long time. Then came inadequate measures taken in order to combat the pandemic, and the system collapsed all at once. These are the preliminary conclusions of a study by the Brownstone Institute (USA), published in the author's column of its director. What have we to do with this? Direct. The two most important systems of human societies, education and medicine, can make these societies world leaders, or they can, with the irrepressible enthusiasm of "reformers" and "social engineers", destroy them. And it is clear that we are interested in whether America or Russia will self-destruct , or remain among the world leaders. Moreover, our two countries have interesting parallels in terms of creating universal compulsory and free schooling. In the United States, it began to take shape as early as the 1880s, with the initial idea that it was necessary, first of all, to integrate immigrant children into society. In the 20s of the last century, the system was already generally working, and in 1936 it finally took shape with the help of a law according to which children were forbidden to work. They were obliged to study in public schools, although they could also go to paid, private ones. It is easy to see that in our state everything was identical even in terms of dates. And then the educated generations that started in the 1930s led both countries to an unprecedented rise in technology, science and art already in the 1960s and other years. Today, the Brownstoneists say, the situation is this: either there will be a general collapse and decline of the nation, or the system will be rebooted entirely - with an eye on a new rise in American power in a couple of generations. It is clear that in Russia everything is similar (although there is no such collapse of the school as in the United States): it is a matter of survival, or at least the role of the country in the future world. Yes, but what happened in America during the pandemic period? In states ruled by Democrats, schools were sometimes closed for two years. Parents had to leave work in order to somehow teach their children at home. Here they took a closer look at what they teach in school (for example, "critical racial theory" or new ideas about the "mobility" of gender) - and were horrified. Result: 240,000 children did not return to school. The Brownstone Institute is trying to figure out where they went. Let's say that some of them went to the states with the Republicans with their families, some went to study for money in church or private schools, and some still study at home. And then it began. The mass of the people said: well, it was high time for this muck to collapse. Moreover, the boycott is perpetrated not only by students and parents, but also by teachers. The statistics are as follows: 80 percent of teachers report that they are burnt out from the inside, 78 are in constant stress and depression, 55 are ready to leave their profession, 76 say that children at school are behaving unusually creepy. What in such cases begins in a normal society? Of course, the discussion is about what we have come to and how to change everything. And here is a sensational and scandalous episode for you, which describes well why schools were in crisis before, as well as who involved them there. The story is this: in the Republican state of Texas , a discussion on this topic was to be held as part of a conference organized by the Association for Education Funding and Policy. The office is not trifling, it is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , several leading universities, and other influential philanthropists. And so the organizers at the last moment decided to move the meeting to another state, because in Texas, to put it mildly, abortion is not encouraged, and this, in their opinion, threatens the health of the participants. The sponsors agreed. It remains to be thought about who these participants and sponsors are, and who in the United States will be seriously involved in the creation of a new education. The same people who, with the help of crazy liberal ideas, ruined the current one? |
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