THOMAS SOWELL – rotten PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Straight talk on our educational system in the USA. He grew up in Harlem, went to a public school that was strict, and got into Harvard before affirmative action. His third-grade teacher was intolerant of misspelled words. That would be considered a threat to a child’s self-esteem today. But Dr. Sowell said that he’s a great speller now as a result.. So who’s sorry now?
New test results are in, most recently for 2006, among the top 30 industrialized countries. What rank do USA students have internationally?
Math: 25th. Science: 21st
Can’t even crack the top 20.
Laura Vanderkam wrote a good article on education in the USA Today on 6-16-09, p. 9A. Basically, she says that state tests of competence have become too easy, so we need federal standards to get accurate measures — or better yet, international tests to get an honest assessment of competence and aptitude, so that suburban parents of A students can learn that little Billy would only be a C+ student in Canada.
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Even his personal …
Even his personal memoir A Personal Odyssey is a worthwhile read. Completely changed how I view education and academia.
Amen i feel the …
Amen i feel the exact same way. I am 19 and i discovered him last year. I was at the library and randomly picked up his book: Basic Economics. I have learned not to pick up library books randomly anymore but i am glad i did that day.
I love Sowell. …
I love Sowell. Another great man
I wanted to pay the …
I wanted to pay the guy driving Ted Kennedy’s hearse $100 to drive it off a bridge and then walk away and leave it there overnight. Some late measure of justice.
And my fave of his, …
And my fave of his, A Conflict of Visions.
Reading just a few …
Reading just a few of his books will do more for you than your high school education. Look into his books
Marxism
Knowledge and Decisions
American Education
Vision of the Anointed
Cultures and Conquests
Basic Economics
Congratulations ! I …
Congratulations ! I wish I could have learned about him at your age, too.
Dr. Thomas Sowell …
Dr. Thomas Sowell for President 2012.
I feel lucky …
I feel lucky finding Thomas Sowell at a young 17.
Yes indeed….TED …
Yes indeed….TED KENNEDY WAS a phony…..!!!!
dude, i found …
dude, i found sowell about 6 months ago adn have read 3 of his books and have about 5 more to read. He will give you all the info you need to talk to a liberal
Holy !! This …
Holy !! This brilliant man has been around the hole time I have been alive, & Im just now learning of his existence? I feel so let down. Both from my own school, but I own ignorance as well..
Physics has little …
Physics has little to do with history and the social sciences used to compare how your system measures up to past systems and foreign ones.
You blockheads crack me up. You think you’re such rebels when in reality you just worship power. Talk about “cultural blinders”- limited cognition.
“Where I found the will to live, there I found the will to power.”
-Nietzsche
“What do German radicals do when they see a sign that says ‘do not walk on grass’? They stay off the grass.”
-Dostoevsky
Great, printing …
Great, printing money to pay for public schools. You guys love deficit spending too. Have you noticed that the largest capitalist nation in history, the US, has the largest trade deficit in history to Communist China? What is consumerism? I’ll bet your physics degree is pretty silent on that subject.
Is “wealth” disposable goods from China or good neighborhoods, schools, and human work conditions?
LOL, European …
LOL, European system is “similar”? I have a graduate degree in physics from Delft University of the Netherlands, so i kindof know how our system works, now it can be that an ingorance is an excuse to crap out a lot of nonsense or you might have an agenda, but comparing your system to ours is not even factuallly correct.
True and they also …
True and they also teach children here to think alike and always act like one another.
A big sign of …
A big sign of trouble was when they started teaching phony self esteem in the 1980’s. Kids could be stupid but feel smart. Japanese kids who rated themselves “average” at math did better on tests than USA kids who rated themselves “good” at math. That was a clear signal that we were doing something wrong and needed to change course quick.
listen to your self …
listen to your self you sound as if you have your head in your and your just vomiting non sense first of all your from the European system which its similar to the u.s. but there are major differences but the main point it here in his talk is when the u.s. federal government got its self in the hands of the education it has declined throw the decades to what a piece of it is today.
I live in Europe …
I live in Europe and have gone through the education system overhere, what you are saying is totally crap, the European Cental Bank prints money to fund the goverments expenditures, income via taxing is only a small part of the total revenue spent.
– Sorry for typos as English is not my native tungue –
This man is …
This man is brilliant. I’ve watched several of his videos. It’s a pity more people don’t take the time nor effort to study what capitalism and free trade really is about.
Obama is just a …
Obama is just a face. An image. We put Obama in Bush’s seat, but kept the same legislation. It doesn’t matter what the cars look like, if they have the same engine they will run the same…
This guys is smart, …
This guys is smart, and he needs more exposure in the mainstream media.
Affortunately in …
Affortunately in America qualification does not mean anything to be president. The masses are sheepish, and they only want what sounds good, even if it is just as vague as HOPE and Change.