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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3547915" data-attributes="member: 35603"><p>I think it is worse than just having a bunch of emboldened snowflakes. This feels more like a strong decline in the average American's ability to think critically. Through my adult life I have learned that the truly intelligent people I run across have such a firm grasp on the things that interest them that they could clearly explain them to someone that had never even heard of the topic before. The depth of knowledge this requires is much greater than memorizing some text and passing a test regardless of the subject.</p><p></p><p>The people that are latching onto this cancel culture movement have no interest in ever putting in the effort or commitment to understand their own beliefs to the depth required to discuss the merits of their beliefs with the opposition. They need to cancel any opposing views because their view becomes obviously superficial when met with any form of questioning. We sat down with my son several weeks ago and watched Idiocracy, partly because he is 14 and the humor is relevant to him but also to expose him to an exaggerated view of what our current trajectory could lead to. Few things make me happier in my heart than hearing him compare some nonsense at school or on the news to the movie now, haha.</p><p></p><p>What I expect of our schools is to provide the academic tools to process the world, provide opportunity to practice focusing on a single topic, voicing questions, meeting goals and deadlines, and thinking critically. Obviously this has to be carried out at home as well, but I look at it like home is providing the guidelines for how their home and personal life should look and school provides guidelines for whatever their career will be whether it is sole proprietorship or working for someone else. </p><p></p><p>I bite my tongue a lot at family gatherings when our relatives that are also raising similar aged kids go through so much effort to "protect" their kids from any adversity. I am so grateful that my wife and I agree that childhood adversity is important before the consequences start becoming real. We will always be there for both of them, but it is our job to make sure they dont need us to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3547915, member: 35603"] I think it is worse than just having a bunch of emboldened snowflakes. This feels more like a strong decline in the average American's ability to think critically. Through my adult life I have learned that the truly intelligent people I run across have such a firm grasp on the things that interest them that they could clearly explain them to someone that had never even heard of the topic before. The depth of knowledge this requires is much greater than memorizing some text and passing a test regardless of the subject. The people that are latching onto this cancel culture movement have no interest in ever putting in the effort or commitment to understand their own beliefs to the depth required to discuss the merits of their beliefs with the opposition. They need to cancel any opposing views because their view becomes obviously superficial when met with any form of questioning. We sat down with my son several weeks ago and watched Idiocracy, partly because he is 14 and the humor is relevant to him but also to expose him to an exaggerated view of what our current trajectory could lead to. Few things make me happier in my heart than hearing him compare some nonsense at school or on the news to the movie now, haha. What I expect of our schools is to provide the academic tools to process the world, provide opportunity to practice focusing on a single topic, voicing questions, meeting goals and deadlines, and thinking critically. Obviously this has to be carried out at home as well, but I look at it like home is providing the guidelines for how their home and personal life should look and school provides guidelines for whatever their career will be whether it is sole proprietorship or working for someone else. I bite my tongue a lot at family gatherings when our relatives that are also raising similar aged kids go through so much effort to "protect" their kids from any adversity. I am so grateful that my wife and I agree that childhood adversity is important before the consequences start becoming real. We will always be there for both of them, but it is our job to make sure they dont need us to be. [/QUOTE]
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