“Adulting” isn’t a joke. It’s a cry for help from a generation that was never formed, only managed. What if the problem isn’t that young people won’t grow up, but that no one ever raised them to?
A profound post; and probably one with which many GOOD teachers would agree. However instead of bringing the hammer down on teachers, how about we get the POLITICIANS out of the public school system, and let the teachers, TEACH! Our daughter just retired after 30 years teaching US History and General and AP Psychology in public high school. As in any profession, there are those to whom it is a job, and those to whom it is a vocation, because they truly love to teach. Within a week or two of starting a new school year, our daughter would inevitably state, "I have the greatest kids this year!" Imagine the "luck" of having "the greatest kids" every year for 30 years! She says that most teachers with whom she has taught love "their kids." I believe that's true, because of the wonderful stories she tells. As for permanent retirement...we'll see!!!
She's the exception that proves the rule. As we know, most college education departments don't tolerate conservative ideas and won't accept objective truth. It will take at least 2 generations to turn the leftist tide.
A study or just exposure to easily read and possibly not so easily understood, with some effort, books such as Orwell's 1984, Animal farm, biographies of Nicola Tesla and others.
Would do a lot to open up a kids mind, but schools even at the age of 9-10 are failures for many children.
I recently helped a Jesuit friend get his book published on Formation and Vocation. You and your readers may enjoy. I would say he's the most conservative Jesuit I know, and his book is also an answer to the errors of the postmodern culture.
He tried to excuse Fiducia Supplicans, arguing that Pope Francis closed the door on blessing homosexual unions. The late Pope made it intentionally ambiguous.
Thankfully, I grew up at a time when young boys would buy M80s and Cherry Bombs from the local fireworks stand. Today, we disallow this type of activity, yet it is deemed okay to mutilate young boys. The truth of it is: this is a result of brainwashing by moneyed evil, vile men. The truth is the truth.
A profound post; and probably one with which many GOOD teachers would agree. However instead of bringing the hammer down on teachers, how about we get the POLITICIANS out of the public school system, and let the teachers, TEACH! Our daughter just retired after 30 years teaching US History and General and AP Psychology in public high school. As in any profession, there are those to whom it is a job, and those to whom it is a vocation, because they truly love to teach. Within a week or two of starting a new school year, our daughter would inevitably state, "I have the greatest kids this year!" Imagine the "luck" of having "the greatest kids" every year for 30 years! She says that most teachers with whom she has taught love "their kids." I believe that's true, because of the wonderful stories she tells. As for permanent retirement...we'll see!!!
She's the exception that proves the rule. As we know, most college education departments don't tolerate conservative ideas and won't accept objective truth. It will take at least 2 generations to turn the leftist tide.
A study or just exposure to easily read and possibly not so easily understood, with some effort, books such as Orwell's 1984, Animal farm, biographies of Nicola Tesla and others.
Would do a lot to open up a kids mind, but schools even at the age of 9-10 are failures for many children.
I recently helped a Jesuit friend get his book published on Formation and Vocation. You and your readers may enjoy. I would say he's the most conservative Jesuit I know, and his book is also an answer to the errors of the postmodern culture.
https://rev-george-schultze-sj.com/
He tried to excuse Fiducia Supplicans, arguing that Pope Francis closed the door on blessing homosexual unions. The late Pope made it intentionally ambiguous.
Thankfully, I grew up at a time when young boys would buy M80s and Cherry Bombs from the local fireworks stand. Today, we disallow this type of activity, yet it is deemed okay to mutilate young boys. The truth of it is: this is a result of brainwashing by moneyed evil, vile men. The truth is the truth.
We grew up in a time when young men were injured or even mutilated by those high powered explosives; or they used them for vandalism.
Astute observations - thank you.