

The problem is, when you get heavily bias, extremism tends to take over. They mention to keep some sanity, you don't need a perfectly balanced system, but you at least need 20% with an opposing viewpoint. It's not that it wasn't always liberal, but it went from about a 60/40 approach to a >90. The authors of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure bring up the fact that over the years, the education system has become significantly politically bias/partisan.

It's a mess, but I hope my own people, those I in general agree with, can go back to embracing logic and free speech and equality and true "progressive" ideas not called safe spaces and equity. That's beyond asinine, yet he's in charge of the entire NYC school system? What the hell happened? Why are so many worldwide refuting the value in logical thought, facts, objectivity in favor of emotional "reasoning?" It's driving me away from my base, and not just me, I know a lot of like-minded 30-50 year olds who have started to realize this isn't just some progressive feelings-based bullshit that we've previously just put up with because it would eventually die out when we start to see numbers drop, but then the standards and rulers have been lowered, so the numbers don't drop, or the criteria for judging results is muddled through team-results or a change in direction of what's desired just to fit the narratives of "success" being realized. Hell, University used to be about the free exchange of diverse ideas, and now we have safe spaces for students.WTF happened? I was reading about the Chancellor of NYC schools and how they put out a slideshow demonizing perfectionism, individuality, and even objectivity and objective thought. The Socratic Method is rapidly being killed by authoritative individuals. Submit news article (no analysis/opinion) If your post is not a good fit for /r/news, consider submitting to one of these subreddits instead: advocates or celebrates the death of another person.Įxtreme or repeat offenders will be banned.is a cheap and distracting joke or meme.is racist, sexist, vitriolic, or overly crude.Your comment will likely be removed if it: violates reddit's site-wide rules, especially regarding personal info.has a title that does not match the actual title or the lede.is an opinion/analysis or advocacy piece.Your account must be email-verified to participate in /r/news. See a post that violates the rules below? Did your post get stuck in the spam filter? Have a question about the rules? Just want to give feedback? Send the mod team a message.
