Dystopian schools

I'm going to handle this post differently than usual. I intend to post the same contents on X. I will even try to maintain the same formatting on both platforms. If I have ideas for updates, I will update this post and post the updated text on X.

The NEA and AFT are not about students

The NEA and AFT exist to represent teachers, not students. Whenever there's a discrepancy between what's best for teachers and what's best for students, which is common, they will always side with teachers.

Have schools adapted to a rapidly advancing society?

It can be tempting to embrace a narrative that others have used that support your personal views. In my case, I acknowledge that there's a lot that my side gets wrong. I believe that the best approach to education involves supporting the right to leave control of our anti-educational government. Although I prefer educational choice over school choice, I acknowledge that any choice is better than no choice.

Public education: Conform or die

Here in the supposed land of the free, I have been told my whole life that I have no right to be me. Freedom in this country is an illusion. If you conform to become who the government tells you to be, you are free to be that person. If you maintain any sense of individuality, it's painfully obvious that freedom is a myth.

Is Linda McMahon another Betsy DeVos?

I don't make my educational beliefs a secret. Those who want to learn should be allowed to do so with as little restriction as possible. Schooling is restrictive by nature and therefore detrimental to educational rights.

Doing right for the wrong reasons

I'm not sure Donald Trump has a good grasp of his own educational views. He seems to want to both flip the switch from liberal propaganda to conservative propaganda, but he also wants to Dismantle the Department of Education. These ideas don't go together.

Do I think private schools are doing a good job?

I grew up in government-controlled schools. Those schools were definitively unhealthy, exploitative, anti-educational, and destructive. I fully support helping children leave that environment. Does that mean that I like what I am currently seeing from the private sector? No.