School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
Summary: We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you are employed and you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please click here to sign up. $6.00/Month Subscribe! You can help the show grow by committing to one of these monthly subscription levels (demonstrating how inflation affects the price of another source of knowledge). It is greatly appreciated! A New Book!(in 1960) $3/ mo A New Book! (in 1972) $6/mo A New Book! (in 1981) $9/mo A New Book! (in 1995) $15/mo A New Book! (Today) $25/mo Angel Investor $999.99/mo Contact Brett, leave comments and view shows by series: schoolsucksproject.com In my 10+ years of teaching, "school sucks" is perhaps the most common phrase I've heard students use to describe their feelings about public education. But this seemingly bitter and reductive slogan is actually quite clever. When taken literally, "school sucks" is perhaps the most accurate and astute synopsis of the system I've ever heard. Here's why... 1. The twelve-year process of an American public education has a dramatic effect on the mind of a child. When we first enter school at age six, many of our best personal attributes are already in place. We are curious, innovative, unique, creative and hopeful in ways that we will rarely be able to replicate throughout the rest of our lives. But over time, school sucks those essential attributes out of too many of us...and replaces them with predictability, obedience and apathy. 2. The public school system sucks off the productive capacity of hard-working people. The system is coercively funded through taxation. In other words, whether public education succeeds or fails (spoiler alert: it fails) at providing real education to the public, the cost goes up every year. There are no refunds. The END of Public Education? 1. END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Does more harm than good. 2. END: (As in means to an end) We'll also explore the true intentions behind the system, which have very little to do with real education. There is substantial evidence that its failure to educate is no accident. Above all, this is a show about what one might do about these problems...
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Photo: One high school history teacher is working hard to get his students excited about America's next military target. Topic: Sam, a high school senior and host of the You Tube channel Liberty Queenjoins me to discuss her self-education in spite of being trapped in government school. Discussion: -Influences/What inspired you to start this channel? -Ron Paul and the pointless, pugilistic nature of politics -What is the school experience like after coming to understand the ideas of liberty? -dealing with a warmonger teacher -The pledge of allegiance -The gun debate -Why freedom is a personal pursuit Bumper Music: High School Musical 2: 'All for One' Music Video Look Closer: Liberty Queen http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtjN4hvDyM5K-kqf0R7UAoQ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Photo: One high school history teacher is working hard to get his students excited about America's next military target. Topic: Sam, a high school senior and host of the You Tube channel Liberty Queenjoins me to discuss her self-education in spite of being trapped in government school. Discussion: -Influences/What inspired you to start this channel? -Ron Paul and the pointless, pugilistic nature of politics -What is the school experience like after coming to understand the ideas of liberty? -dealing with a warmonger teacher -The pledge of allegiance -The gun debate -Why freedom is a personal pursuit Bumper Music: High School Musical 2: 'All for One' Music Video Look Closer: Liberty Queen http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtjN4hvDyM5K-kqf0R7UAoQ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Drew Demeter joins us to discuss his self-education and his You Tube channel, Teen Take. View and subscribe here: Teen Take This is the full audio version of SchoolSucksTV #5 Discussion: -Influences/What inspired you to start this channel? -Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura -What is the school experience like after coming to understand the ideas of liberty? -The pledge of allegiance -The concept of "equality" -the type of equality libertarians care about The podcast version includes our full discussion, which also covers -Monsanto and eugenics? -The conspiracy context and jumping the gun Bumper Music: da Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley on Marimba Look Closer: Teen Take http://www.youtube.com/user/teentake TheAlexJonesChannel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura http://www.trutv.com/shows/conspiracy_theory/index.html $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Drew Demeter joins us to discuss his self-education and his You Tube channel, Teen Take. View and subscribe here: Teen Take This is the full audio version of SchoolSucksTV #5 Discussion: -Influences/What inspired you to start this channel? -Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura -What is the school experience like after coming to understand the ideas of liberty? -The pledge of allegiance -The concept of "equality" -the type of equality libertarians care about The podcast version includes our full discussion, which also covers -Monsanto and eugenics? -The conspiracy context and jumping the gun Bumper Music: da Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley on Marimba Look Closer: Teen Take http://www.youtube.com/user/teentake TheAlexJonesChannel http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura http://www.trutv.com/shows/conspiracy_theory/index.html $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Today I am joined by Tom Woods - historian, economist, political analyst, and author. Tom wrote the 2004 New York Times bestseller, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, as well as 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. His latest book is Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse Discussion: BACKGROUND Tom survived Harvard and Columbia How did he come to be a libertarian? HISTORY There's a lot of people today who haven't learned from history telling us about the importance of learning from history Last week we had the inauguration In 2009 with the economic "crisis," the popular theme for the mainstream media was FDR and Great Depression As Obama's first term was coming to an end the media and Hollywood, who provide talking points and set agendas, began encouraging the masses to make associations between Lincoln and Obama, or at least get people thinking about the "heroics" of Lincoln -Burton's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer -Spielberg's even more ridiculous film, based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals -media starts using the term Civil War for the gun issue -then Obama is sworn in on Lincoln's Bible -then Obama's speech is compared to Lincoln's second inaugural address Lincoln - both parties want to claim him because the lesson is that there is no abuse or overreach of presidential power that could not be justified for a greater good LIBERTY CLASSROOM -why we need accurate history and sensible economics education now more than ever ENTREPRENEURSHIP -these stories are absent from the government school narrative Look Closer: Tom's Website http://www.tomwoods.com/ Liberty Classroom http://www.libertyclassroom.com/ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Today I am joined by Tom Woods - historian, economist, political analyst, and author. Tom wrote the 2004 New York Times bestseller, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, as well as 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. His latest book is Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse Discussion: BACKGROUND Tom survived Harvard and Columbia How did he come to be a libertarian? HISTORY There's a lot of people today who haven't learned from history telling us about the importance of learning from history Last week we had the inauguration In 2009 with the economic "crisis," the popular theme for the mainstream media was FDR and Great Depression As Obama's first term was coming to an end the media and Hollywood, who provide talking points and set agendas, began encouraging the masses to make associations between Lincoln and Obama, or at least get people thinking about the "heroics" of Lincoln -Burton's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer -Spielberg's even more ridiculous film, based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals -media starts using the term Civil War for the gun issue -then Obama is sworn in on Lincoln's Bible -then Obama's speech is compared to Lincoln's second inaugural address Lincoln - both parties want to claim him because the lesson is that there is no abuse or overreach of presidential power that could not be justified for a greater good LIBERTY CLASSROOM -why we need accurate history and sensible economics education now more than ever ENTREPRENEURSHIP -these stories are absent from the government school narrative Look Closer: Tom's Website http://www.tomwoods.com/ Liberty Classroom http://www.libertyclassroom.com/ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: I was very pleased to invited as a guest on Two Beers With Steve. I have listened to several of their interviews and I highly recommend this show to others. Discussed: -What have I learned from students? -What if I have to send my child to government school? -Parents as school enforcers -Timetables for learning certain things -Parent and child, voluntary vs. coerced relationships -Resentments -Permissive Parenting -Parent Effectiveness Training -Technology and kids Look Closer: Two Beers With Steve http://www.twobeerswithsteve.com/ Montessori education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) http://www.gordontraining.com/parent-programs/parent-effectiveness-training-p-e-t/ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: I was very pleased to invited as a guest on Two Beers With Steve. I have listened to several of their interviews and I highly recommend this show to others. Discussed: -What have I learned from students? -What if I have to send my child to government school? -Parents as school enforcers -Timetables for learning certain things -Parent and child, voluntary vs. coerced relationships -Resentments -Permissive Parenting -Parent Effectiveness Training -Technology and kids Look Closer: Two Beers With Steve http://www.twobeerswithsteve.com/ Montessori education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) http://www.gordontraining.com/parent-programs/parent-effectiveness-training-p-e-t/ $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Lenore Skenazy joins me to discuss the Free Range Kids movement, and strategies for reaching out to helicopter parents. We also explore the trends that have led to the panic, paranoia and over-protective nature of so many parents today. Look Closer: Free Range Kids - Blog http://www.freerangekids.com/ Lenore's reality show - World’s Worst Mom http://www.freerangekids.com/tv-show/ Free Range Kids - Book http://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Raise-Self-Reliant-Children-Without/dp/0470574755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342367313&sr=8-1&keywords=free+range+kids The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem http://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/70-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem.pdf Lenore On The View http://theview.abc.go.com/video/hot-topics-free-range-kids $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Lenore Skenazy joins me to discuss the Free Range Kids movement, and strategies for reaching out to helicopter parents. We also explore the trends that have led to the panic, paranoia and over-protective nature of so many parents today. Look Closer: Free Range Kids - Blog http://www.freerangekids.com/ Lenore's reality show - World’s Worst Mom http://www.freerangekids.com/tv-show/ Free Range Kids - Book http://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Raise-Self-Reliant-Children-Without/dp/0470574755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342367313&sr=8-1&keywords=free+range+kids The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem http://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/70-the-six-pillars-of-self-esteem.pdf Lenore On The View http://theview.abc.go.com/video/hot-topics-free-range-kids $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Cory and I discuss some of his recent social media conflicts over the gun issue. We also discuss the presentation of and political discourse on this topic in the month since the Newtown shooting. -The purpose of politics? -An NVC approach to this issue -Statistics Look Closer: Complete Liberty Episode 132 - Cultural roots of authoritarianism in need of nonviolent communication http://completeliberty.com/magazine/read/episode-132---cultural-roots-of-authoritarianism-in-need-of-nonviolent-communication_124.html NVC - needs inventory http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
Topic: Cory and I discuss some of his recent social media conflicts over the gun issue. We also discuss the presentation of and political discourse on this topic in the month since the Newtown shooting. -The purpose of politics? -An NVC approach to this issue -Statistics Look Closer: Complete Liberty Episode 132 - Cultural roots of authoritarianism in need of nonviolent communication http://completeliberty.com/magazine/read/episode-132---cultural-roots-of-authoritarianism-in-need-of-nonviolent-communication_124.html NVC - needs inventory http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory $6.00/Month - Join the A/V Club and Receive Bonus Content We need 150 monthly subscribers! If you listen to the show and enjoy the videos, please consider making a commitment of $6.00 per month, or about $.20 per day. When we launch the new site, you'll have access to a bonus content section that will be updated weekly. Please sign up right here.
By popular demand: another show about Alex Jones. This is an After School Sucks Special recorded on July 26th, 2012, shortly after the shooting in Colorado. Brian Hagen, Allen Murdoch and I discuss various concerns and criticisms of Alex Jones and infowars.com. This is optional listening. Look Closer: Join the A/V Club http://schoolsucksproject.com/join/ Logical Fallacies Handlist http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html Cognitive Distortions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion InfoWars http://www.infowars.com/ The Skeptical Libertarian http://www.skepticallibertarian.com/ Wheels Off Liberty http://www.wheelsoffliberty.com/
By popular demand: another show about Alex Jones. This is an After School Sucks Special recorded on July 26th, 2012, shortly after the shooting in Colorado. Brian Hagen, Allen Murdoch and I discuss various concerns and criticisms of Alex Jones and infowars.com. This is optional listening. Look Closer: Join the A/V Club http://schoolsucksproject.com/join/ Logical Fallacies Handlist http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html Cognitive Distortions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion InfoWars http://www.infowars.com/ The Skeptical Libertarian http://www.skepticallibertarian.com/ Wheels Off Liberty http://www.wheelsoffliberty.com/
...vs. Reason, Manners, Composure, Meaningful Communication and Philosophy Logic is about understanding reality in a non-contradictory way and how can we see things for what they are. Metaphysical Laws 1.Identity 2.Causality 3.Non-Contradiction Topic: Tony Myers (TragedyAndHope.com) and I discuss what is troubling us about Alex Jones, Piers Morgan, and the current gun control debate. Look Closer: Starsuckers(Documentary) http://www.starsuckersmovie.com/ Complete Liberty Podcast http://completeliberty.com/ Logical Fallacies Handlist http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html Cognitive Distortions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion Ayn Rand Lexicon http://aynrandlexicon.com/ How Cognitive Distortions Cause Emotional Distress http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html Argumentum Ad Populum http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html Argumentum Ad Hominem http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/person.html Straw Man Fallacy http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html The Existential Fallacy http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/existen.htm
