I posted this letter to Mr. Murdoch because he's currently the most influential man in television at the current time.
In reality, I'm hoping that *someone* with the ability and the means will pick up the baton and find a way to reach a generation of hungry minds.
Next year, my daughter plans to start making a series of amateur, NO BS videos for YouTube for the purpose of educating her peers. I told her that I'd fund it.
But somebody has to step in with the knowledge, talent, humor, money and understanding to do this right.
“But somebody has to step in with the knowledge, talent, humor, money and understanding to do this right.”
In addition to laggard/sluggard parents, isn’t one of the purposes of our elementary/secondary schools to impart such civic knowledge?
I would also suggest the History Channel - but in order to first attract that demographic and get them ‘hooked’ the ‘show’ has to have a tease (sex) or an incentive (money).
Maybe a game show format i.e. $64K question on the subjects you have identified. It could be ‘BIG’ with substantial prizes, scholarships, documentaries etc.,
Good luck and God bless.
This letter needs to be thrown in the face of every striking NEA-infested so-called teacher every time they even begin to form a picket line.
They have the right idea, but it needs to start at the Jr. High level.
The parents ( products of the government godless indoctrination system) are as uneducated as the kids.
Marie, I am on Free Republic nearly every day urging that the godless and socialist-funded government schools be shut down. Why conservatives fail to see the urgency is very distressing to me. Even here on Free Republic there “conservatives” who insist that their child's school is different, and/or that a godless and socialist-funded program can be reformed.
Short term: Perhaps “juntas” as formed by Benjamin Franklin in the city of Philadelphia.
Short term: Encourage as many parents as possible to homeschool. Remove as many children as possible from the godless, socialist-funded, government schools.
Long term: Conservatives must work to shut down all government funded schooling. What is needed is complete separation of school and state.
Long term: Abandon the Prussian style factor-model system of education and move to small home-based schools, one room school, private tutoring, apprenticeships, mini-schools in the homes of teachers in the neighborhood, qualifying exams (as Charles Murray suggests) instead of college degrees, etc. ....In other words, an educational setting that our Founding Fathers enjoyed.
FReeper Marie, these are your kids?
If so it seems to me you should have been educating them on these issues all along - they are 18 and 19?
What happened?
I agree with your sentiments and applaud your efforts. But please don’t make the mistake of assuming that Murdoch really cares what happens to our republic. He merely saw the opportunity to make some money by presenting a network that appeals to those who are not totally on the left. It is strictly market-driven, IMO.
Bookmark.
If you follow the various education threads here, you’ll find contempt for those who pursue the study of history or political science. If it’s not math/science/engineering, it’s a waste of time, didn’t you know that?