The End of Teachers

From "creating" the future, to destroying it

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The End of Teachers

The public school system is a symbol of American decline.

The United States spends a yearly average of $16,500 per student — higher than it has ever been — and educational outcomes are in the gutter. Before COVID, only 34% of 8th-grade students read at a grade level. Reading comprehension is worse, with only 29% of 8th graders reading at grade level, according to the NAEP.

The environment, the teachers, the bureaucracy, the political ideology, the material, the testing metrics — it doesn’t work. So why do we pretend that the institution of a public “civic” education is something that we need to have?

The Holy Grail of Protected Professionals

It starts with the teachers. The holy grail of protected professionals. The ones who “create the future”.

The teaching profession has done a fantastic PR job of shielding themselves from any legitimate criticism. “It’s the parents, it’s the lack of pay, it’s the screens, it’s the students…” Blah blah blah. I call bullshit.

If nurses or doctors happened to be killing a disproportionately high number of patients due to neglect or medical malpractice, would we be blaming the patients, instruments, or lack of pay? Of course not.

Today’s teachers are not disciplined part-time scholars. They are not civic-minded. They do not care about the history of the institution for which they pretend to serve. They are generally picked from the bottom of the academic barrel and given a broad curriculum smattering of social justice theories and texts to memorize in a few semesters of undergraduate study. I witnessed this firsthand.

Five years ago, my goal was to become a teacher. My plans quickly changed when I saw the incompetent, arrogant, and stupid “professionals” that the teaching profession churned out.

Part of this isn’t the would-be teacher’s fault. Education programs, like all of the social sciences, are indoctrination boot camps. Everything — and I really mean everything — is structured and discussed through a focused lens of equity and diversity. If more black kids happen to be struggling with basic arithmetic concepts, the curriculum must change. It doesn’t take a genius to understand what happens to academic rigor in an institution that functions this way. Poorly equipped students struggle to learn and any marginally focused or bright student gets thrown to the back of the line.

Teachers are also not that smart.

You may have experienced this firsthand yourself. A bright kid questions the teacher in front of the class and they’re quickly shut down and shamed.

Ironically, education majors tend to have some of the lowest IQ averages of all undergraduate disciplines. Modern teachers are not equipped for the task of training the next generation for the complexities and hardships of the world.

Still, millions of parents convince themselves that the right thing for their child’s future is for them to sit for 9 hours in a fluorescent prison to be “educated” by a sub 90 IQ trans-rights activist named Sunbeam who can’t name 5 state capitols or the 3 branches of government.

It would be hilarious if it weren’t so dystopian.

There are teachers who are passionate, capable, and dedicated. But they are the minority.

The COVID pandemic showed us that most teachers wear a mask of empathy and care. When it came between the option to teach in their pajamas over Zoom, or to put on big girl boots and go to work like the rest of us, they chose the former. It didn’t matter that children were basically immune to COVID. It didn’t matter that the danger of the virus was dramatically over-exaggerated. It didn’t even matter that they had taken the countless “protective” Pfizer jabs. America’s teachers and the Unions that represent them willingly set fire to their students. For many, this was the final straw. Homeschooling skyrocketed. Parents began to look for alternatives to public education failure.

Don’t Pretend We Can’t Fix This

In our lifetime, we will see the end of the apathetic, incompetent, unintelligent, social activist public school teacher. And it can’t come soon enough. The cathedral of lies is already starting to crumble. Hybrid outdoor and faith-based homeschool programs are growing in popularity. Parents are starting to realize fundamental truths about childhood education:

• Without distraction or material that doesn’t apply to their skills or knowledge, kids can learn much faster in a lightly supervised environment. They can also learn through play.

• School “socialization” is largely a myth. Curious and hardworking kids aren’t being “socialized” by being around feral children who fight, scream, and throw desks at teachers.

• Designing a lifestyle that centers your life around your children is better for you and them. Many parents are choosing to make less money to be their child’s primary educator.

• Technology is making education more efficient and hybrid school programs allow for some parental autonomy throughout the week Kids outside of the public school system are not forced to learn at the level of the dumbest kid in class

Instead of receiving inadequate training for a world and job market that existed decades prior, children can pursue their natural and innate interests and skills in a way that doesn’t feel like work.

Instead of being trained to memorize test material, children can learn the high-leverage concepts that will benefit them the most throughout life.

Instead of being forced to learn about the “joy” of gay-s*x, white privilege, “trans”-rights, the evils of colonialism, the dystopia of late-stage capitalism, and the necessity of “unlearning”, children can explore their own opinions, ideas, and mindset in an environment that encourages thinking rather than blind allegiance.

Decentralized educational technology is only going to accelerate the death of the public school system in the coming years.

We already see language learning technology that simulates real conversation and gives immediate feedback for what needs to be improved.

With the supervision of parents, children will be able to learn science, math, reading, and writing at a level that is paced specifically for them. The psy-op of giving your kids to the state, to be “educated” by a midwit so that they hate you is coming to a swift end.

As always, thanks for reading.

-Joe