20 yrs ago subjects like science, tech, engineering & math (STEM) became emphasized in public schools. But history, civics, government and art are just as important & their de-emphasis in schools has had devastating effects. (There’s a reason why he said “I love the uneducated”)

Jun 17, 2020 · 9:51 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
You DO know it’s not the Trump supporters who don’t know and understand history, civics and government right??? 🙄
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Many do I’m sure, but many clearly don’t.
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Of course they’re taught, but not with the same level of support. 11 states don’t even require half a year of civics education. People who don’t learn about the Bill of Rights when they’re children, grow up to be adults who don’t know to be horrified when it’s under assault.
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Certain things, like whether or not there was slavery and when, aren’t a matter of “perspective.” American children should be brought up with a clear-eyed view of the wrongs that have been committed by the US as well as all the good we’ve stood for. Both are real & both matter.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
“We have lost our psychological and our emotional connections to those principles on which we purport to stand. That makes us a generation easy to play. That makes us a generation easy to fool. That makes us a generation easy to distract.”
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Replying to @marwilliamson @Dean_Gberg
They also need to bring back music and art classes.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I can envision a future next 10 years where the homes are the schools. Government will pay each parent $40,000 or $50,000 a year to teach their children the K-12 curriculum on DVD's. Technology advances every year. Students could advance the learning or go at a slower pace. JC
Replying to @marwilliamson
The American school curriculum is the envy of no one. Keeping people stupid is stock in trade. Remember when using red pens was bad for a kid's feelings? You think with that delicate desert flower mentality Americans can handle real history? Ha ha and again ha
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Replying to @marwilliamson
High school kids don’t know how to sign their names because school stopped teaching cursive a long time ago. They don’t know how to tell time on a analog clock. That’s not taught either. I was a high school teacher for 4 years and I witnessed this with my own eyes.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I agree w/ Marianne Williamson. It may sound trite of me to say teach love & empathy, however, decades of cuts in the arts, culture —coupled by a requirement to work unthinkable amounts of hours, even sundays defined as “normal” has almost left us incapable of compassion.
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