As a former college teacher, I know why idealistic young
people vote with their hearts and not based on logic or with their pocketbooks.
They have yet to mature into serious tax paying adults.
They lack a solid economic education because they are no
longer required to take Economics classes in school and, if they do, are often
exposed the entire semester to endless graphs that contribute very little to
their understanding of how the economy works ; they are unable to put all the
puzzle pieces together, they just build beautiful graphs.
Young voters are easily duped and charmed by charismatic,
good-looking politicians who deliver scripted and articulate speeches devoid of
truth and logic.
They are naïve and idealistic, holding jobs that pay so
little that their meager contributions to society get lost in the economic translation.
They still don’t know how the economy works, where money
comes from, how it is created, who sets the interest rates, how international
trade is handled, or how the so-called Federal Reserve System’s fractional
reserve banking creates/prints money out of thin air to the detriment of their
pockets.
Once they graduate, after social promotions from grade to
grade by those pushing affirmative action, or by those under pressure to
justify standardized test scores tied to budgeting, they are not ready for real
life prime time.
They are taught by the Common Core curriculum to feel and
not think logically, to be community organizers from first grade, and to be
angry in order to obtain “social justice.” They are told it’s fine to be wrong
in math as long as they can justify their wrong answers and feel good about it.
They receive undeserved awards for participation even if they
walk across a stage without tripping. They are told so many times, they are
special, that they begin to believe it and make no effort to achieve anything.
Collectivism is good, individualism and creativity,
thinking outside the box, and achieving exceptionalism are bad labels.
The media and the police treat terrorist attacks on
people by underage racist psychopaths with no capacity for remorse or ability
to discern right from wrong as a game, euphemistically calling it the “Knockout
Game.” These are people who are going to vote at some point.
The deliberate dumbing down of education driven by
teachers and administrators with a liberal political agenda and by the National
Education Association, a union that makes it impossible to fire bad teachers, graduates
many Americans who are unprepared and primed for failure.
Public school teachers, mentors placed on unshakable
pedestals, come from the ranks of the weakest college students – they would be
very hard pressed to pass some of the tests their students are taking; without
an answer key, they would be lost.
Relaxing and lowering the standards of education to the
lowest denominator for political reasons and self-esteem has been driven by a
symbiotic relationship between the College of Education and the Department of
Education who formulate the curriculum in education.
Fear of lawsuits and physical attacks from students and
parents force many teachers to pass students who would otherwise fail multiple
classes. The threat of contract non-renewal or firing by the administration if
teachers fail undeserving students is also a real issue.
Many teachers are now forced, including via the onerous
Common Core, to emphasize self-esteem over competition, the collective over
individual achievement. Virginia Beach elementary schools are getting rid of
the Honor Roll and the principal’s list. Why let achievement and hard work harm
the self-esteem of lazy students? http://hamptonroads.com/2013/11/virginia-beach-elementary-schools-ditching-honor-roll
Parents no longer teach their kids a solid work ethic,
pride in personal achievement, and shame of failure. They protest and threaten
law suits if Johnny does not cut the grade, it must be the racist teacher’s
fault.
Apathetic parents are no longer involved in their
children’s education, abdicating their jobs to government strangers who mold
and influence their kids’ future.
Scandal after scandal of overt corruption and lawlessness
overwhelm low information voters who depend on comedians to get their news and
information. It is too tiresome to process the deliberate manufactured crisis
after crisis. They lose track easily because their minds are on cruise control,
sharply focused on texting or the latest social media game.
There is no interest in real history because textbooks
reconstruct events and historical documents, often replacing them with the
latest liberal drivel masked as authoritative scholarship.
The government indoctrination in schools is evident in
the many president-worshipping videos on the web and the communist and “social
justice” written assignments given in different grades.
Few teach about pride in America’s achievement, history,
and generosity, accomplishments that have lifted billions out of poverty and
misery, giving Europeans freedom from Nazi oppression and a free economic fresh
start.
Three free meals a day in school, free housing, day care,
food, health care, Obama phones, and utilities have created a generational
welfare dependency and complacency that does not involve patriotism or love for
one’s country, just worship of government.
Adults are overwhelmed. There is too much information,
too many sources, and inadequate time. People lack the patience or the ability
to discern what is reliable and what is unreliable. Too much information does
not necessarily lead to thinking that leads to an informed opinion.
Why wouldn’t 50 percent of Americans care about what is
happening to their country and to themselves? Lulled by a false sense of
security, by welfare derived from negative income taxes and earned income tax credits,
the low information class votes for more freebies, more enslavement to a
government that only cares about its citizens’ blind voting allegiance.
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