Comments on: Bring Forth the American Renaissance! http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/bring-forth-the-american-renaissance/ Whiskey and Gunpowder features articles on gold, oil, currencies, emerging markets, energy, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lexy http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/bring-forth-the-american-renaissance/comment-page-1/#comment-1816 Lexy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:44:43 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3918#comment-1816 to boring to boring

]]> By: CanadaNorth http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/bring-forth-the-american-renaissance/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 CanadaNorth Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:26:28 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3918#comment-1607 Interestingly enough, everyone is correct here. Add all of these elements together and you get a much better picture of what has to be done. I am sure there are even more posters that can add to this good article and to the other poster's comments to make it even more comprehensive. So where do we start? Interestingly enough, everyone is correct here. Add all of these elements together and you get a much better picture of what has to be done. I am sure there are even more posters that can add to this good article and to the other poster’s comments to make it even more comprehensive. So where do we start?

]]> By: Gene Pool http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/bring-forth-the-american-renaissance/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Gene Pool Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:12:24 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3918#comment-1556 You may well be right in your prescriptions for American education. But to use Japan, China and India in support? As far as I know, the education systems in those countries are the very model of unquestioning rote-learning, and yet they teach to a high average standard. You may well be right in your prescriptions for American education. But to use Japan, China and India in support? As far as I know, the education systems in those countries are the very model of unquestioning rote-learning, and yet they teach to a high average standard.

]]> By: Brian http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/bring-forth-the-american-renaissance/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Brian Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:41:56 +0000 http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/?p=3918#comment-1552 Sorry, the problem with our schools is not what you have described. It is not a lack of funds either, despite what you are constantly being told in the media. The problem is POOR PARENTING, or nonexistant parenting. Teachers can't teach most of these kids in school because they won't listen, won't sit still, don't care about grades or success or failure, utterly disrespect the teachers and everyone else around them, and THE PARENTS STICK UP FOR THE LITTLE %$#@! The parents won't even make many of them go to bed at a decent hour so they can stay awake in class! How are they possibly going to succeed, regardless of ANYTHING that is done at school? It does not matter how many fine arts classes you offer if the kids don't perform in them. Parents can provide fine arts education if they choose to extracurricurlarly, IF they choose to. The bigger problem is the utter lack of accountability on the part of the kids and the parents. Both my sons were straight-A students in the public school system, and they both went to college on academic scholarships. They knew from the first day of preschool that if they got in trouble at school, they were in even deeper trouble when they got home. Homework was priority 1 when they got home from school. Bedtime was 9:00P., period. Guess who's kids are successful, and who's aren't? And now we've got Montessori teaching them that there are essentially no rules, and no requirements, just do whatever you want at whatever rate you want, if any. Madness! You've got to learn to follow before you can learn to lead. Period. After they learn to follow and obey the rules, then they can be given some latitude to explore and learn on their own as you have described, but for 95% of kids, they are nowhere near that point. Sorry, the problem with our schools is not what you have described. It is not a lack of funds either, despite what you are constantly being told in the media. The problem is POOR PARENTING, or nonexistant parenting. Teachers can’t teach most of these kids in school because they won’t listen, won’t sit still, don’t care about grades or success or failure, utterly disrespect the teachers and everyone else around them, and THE PARENTS STICK UP FOR THE LITTLE %$#@! The parents won’t even make many of them go to bed at a decent hour so they can stay awake in class! How are they possibly going to succeed, regardless of ANYTHING that is done at school?
It does not matter how many fine arts classes you offer if the kids don’t perform in them. Parents can provide fine arts education if they choose to extracurricurlarly, IF they choose to. The bigger problem is the utter lack of accountability on the part of the kids and the parents.
Both my sons were straight-A students in the public school system, and they both went to college on academic scholarships. They knew from the first day of preschool that if they got in trouble at school, they were in even deeper trouble when they got home. Homework was priority 1 when they got home from school. Bedtime was 9:00P., period. Guess who’s kids are successful, and who’s aren’t?
And now we’ve got Montessori teaching them that there are essentially no rules, and no requirements, just do whatever you want at whatever rate you want, if any. Madness!
You’ve got to learn to follow before you can learn to lead. Period. After they learn to follow and obey the rules, then they can be given some latitude to explore and learn on their own as you have described, but for 95% of kids, they are nowhere near that point.

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