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In reply to the discussion: (Will Smith's son) Jaden Smith: 'School is the tool to brainwash the youth' [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)67. You won't "fix" the education system......
when there's profit involved in it NOT being fixed. These standardized tests and everything else that goes along with school "reforms" are all about painting a picture of failure, so it can be privatized for profit.
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alp227
Sep 2013
OP
They relate because much of what he says is true. The purpose of education is no longer to
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#2
just because he's a rich scientology kid doesn't mean he is automatically wrong.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#7
Problem is the rich scientology kid doesn't have a clue about why that might be.
delrem
Sep 2013
#13
I also think that "opinion" is the truth; I'm not confused either--and welcome to DU..... nt
MADem
Sep 2013
#126
Jaden is a rich kid who has never had to look for a job or feel the gripes of an empty stomach.
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#35
The architects of modern education were Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, and J. P. Morgan.
joshcryer
Sep 2013
#106
So true I want to cry. I have a kid in high school right now and I can't tell you how bad it sucks.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#9
My daughter's senior science class spent a significant amount of time studying DNA.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#15
Uhm, DNA is the central subject of biology, it is the blueprint of life...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#17
Actually, I'm not convinced teaching schoolchildren about the nuclear forces is a good use of time.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2013
#27
I learned about nuclear forces in high school, why was this unnecessary again?
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#29
I'm sure that the "shitstains" understand that you're not part of the problem. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2013
#60
And he deserves to be called on it. Seriously. . .what is with teacher bashing and supporting it?
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#82
Yes. . .even 15 year old kids are and thinking they aren't is delusional thinking
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#113
Even if a kid is acting a certain way you are not suppose to approach them with that attitude.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#114
And due to the beatings I got for 15 years, dyslexia and Asperger's, I was the same way
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#115
my keyboard sucks and i don't normally care to edit. type and post fast
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#138
Our education system is broken. Jaden speaks out about it and he's a shitstain?
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#77
It's not the teachers. Well most of the time. There are bad teachers. For the most part,
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#86
There are two sides to the bash/worship coin. You just happen to support worship...
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#93
And that's why I don't teach in the States anymore. I don't tolerate crap like this from anyone
Nanjing to Seoul
Sep 2013
#83
You are correct. And if Jaden had reasonably mastered some of the skills of formal education,
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#38
Yeah, because I want the person performing heart surgery to have learned it on their own devices.
HughBeaumont
Sep 2013
#36
For many poor kids, school is the only place they will be able to experience the world around them.
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#37
Just another 15 year old finding his way. Why does it matter any more than any other kid having the
Mass
Sep 2013
#48
absolutely. I agree. Thinking for yourself often means questioning authority and rebelling.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#84
Everyone should just tweet back, "If everyone stopped watching garbage programing and reading dumb..
Taitertots
Sep 2013
#63
I was a stupid asshole at 15. You can't hold such things against people that age.
Gravitycollapse
Sep 2013
#99
In my field it takes a whole lot to diagnose a teen with a personality disorder.
nolabear
Sep 2013
#112
Heh. If a typical DUer's 15-year-old said this he'd get attaboys across the forum. (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#91
yeah I think there is some rich celebrity hate going on here. Not to mention Scientology hate.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#95
That and I don't know many students at that age who didn't think along similar lines about it
Posteritatis
Sep 2013
#100
maybe that should tell us something. Maybe kids are naturally free thinkers until we get a hold of
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#102
I'm not a scientologist. I don't believe in their doctrine. I just see a lot of hate toward any
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#105
He's a brainwashed 15 yr old child of cult members saying exactly what you'd expect
Major Nikon
Sep 2013
#96
It's because they seek to brainwash children with fucked up fanatical ideas
Major Nikon
Sep 2013
#107
This from a kid who will have a life-long, relaxing free ride on Daddy's money and coattails.
Codeine
Sep 2013
#123
His statement would have much more credibility if he wasn't the son of a SCIENTOLOGIST.
2ndAmForComputers
Sep 2013
#129