When STEM ed became the rage, science & math- then standardized tests- got the focus to the detriment of art, history, civics. It's had a devastating effect; if you don't learn about the Bill of Rights as a child, you don't know to be horrified as an adult when it's under assault

Jul 14, 2020 · 3:06 AM UTC

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🤔🤔 Makes you wonder who was making those decisions.
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Oh, music is done. With all the warnings against singing in groups, there is no more school choir. I’ve taught music K-12 for 20 yrs, my choirs have won more trophies than any sports team on campus, but this year I’ve been reassigned to teach 7/8th grade “Cyber Foundations” 💔💔
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I’m all for civics& history. But inad instruction in civics/history have nothing to do w/science & math ed-don’t have adequate instruction in them, either. Look at how many Americans are innumerate, how many don’t know basics of genetics. Both relevant in a global pandemic.
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I'd recommend we require schoolhouse rock in the curriculum but I bet the current cancel culture would find some issue with it.
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Waaaait, so your trying to say STEM has actually caused the dumbing down of America?? Pretty sure I can point to a few more things other than sciences that has dumbed us down. You're a good example for starters.
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That’s the problem. We taught our kids how to be horrified instead of teaching them how to know when it is - and is not - under assault.
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My understanding that the intentional marginalising of Civics was occurring long before that. cf. The Rockerfeller Found., When they supported Hitler's Eugenics Prog. also directed that "Secondary Education be only sufficient to allow passive and docile workers to do their job.
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Yeah the abandonment of the Humanities is a shame. We’re losing a lot because of this.
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Truth.
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