It’s one reason why we can’t rationally discuss things
Devin Foley | December 11, 2015
As we and many others have pointed out, many policy debates these days devolve quickly into emotionalism. Should we be surprised when too many American students lack the tools with which to engage in public discourse?
According to the Nation’s Report Card, produced by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) which is considered the gold-standard for evaluating the job schools are doing educating students, only a paltry percentage of high school seniors know their history.
Yes, only a meager 12% of high school seniors are considered “proficient” in U.S. history. If you’d like to examine the test, you can do so here. We’ll probably do some separate posts on it.
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/american-students-dont-know-history
That’s because history is no longer taught.
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Instead undue emphasis highlights some obscure bit players (invariably either minorities, female, have alternative lifestyles, etc.) who are placed on equal footing with the actual drivers of history (predominately white males) who have their flaws (usually insignificant to their historical actions) overly emphasized. Then the historical events are presented through the lens of a modern politically correct agenda.
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So it is really no surprise that current students (including those with 4.0 GPAs in Honors History) are not proficient in U.S. History.
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Please don’t pick on the little snowflakes. It’s not their fault they don’t understand history, or economics, or the structure of the federal government, or hard work, or ……..
Hey if don’t generate likes… its so like yesterdayy dude…
Problem is neither do adults, or we would not have just elected Neville Chamberlain as president. Let’s hope the true Republican leaders remember the cost of appeasement.