Ignorance in America is a feature, not a bug

The American government spends more on schooling than any other country.

In 2014, the US spent an average of $16,268 a year to educate a pupil from primary through tertiary education (college) - well above the global average of $10,759.

But as countless examples in American history have proved:

Spending more money doesn’t make a problem better…

It often makes it worse.

National security, the war on drugs, the war on poverty, student loans, housing…

Wherever the government spends more, the problem being solved usually magnifies.

I read an article years ago that asked the question, "Why is America falling behind despite spending more on education than other countries?"

It found that kids in Singapore were "3.5 years ahead of American kids in math."

Canada, Germany, Finland, and South Korea are just a handful of the countries consistently outranking the United States in terms of how smart students are in academic subjects, especially STEM.

What’s interesting is the article does bring up that schooling was based on a "factory model" in the early 1900s.

This is true…

In part.

I’ll get to the other part in a second.

But I have to point out that in this article, the "solution" to this problem is simply more of what’s not working.

Mainly, more "educated" teachers who are paid more money.

This is like Fauci saying that we must rely on masks and jabs to "slow the spread" and "save lives" for the next COVID variant after these tools have been shown to be completely ineffective and outright dangerous and deadly.

(Which, by the way, he is out there saying lately, but I digress…)

More money and more teachers aren’t going to fix a problem that’s systemic.

Because dumbness in America is not a bug of the system…it’s a feature.

It’s there BY DESIGN.

If you remember from the Free The Children Summit, Richard Grove walked through this dark history of compulsory government schooling invented to transform bright, free minds into obedient, conformist, indoctrinated cogs in a corporate and military machine.

But once you understand this, you’re confronted with a choice:

Carry on as usual…

Or commit to solving this horrendous problem.

I knew this history from reading John Taylor Gatto’s Underground History of American Education. I chose to homeschool my kids.

Well, Bluebird and I will fill that in for you, too, on July 29th-31st during…

The Homeschool READY Workshop.

A 3-day event teaching you a step-by-step method for homeschooling your kids.

The solution to the problems of school, and by extension, the problems of idiocy in society, is as simple and life-changing as saying NO to government school and YES to home education.

If you already have kids in government school, we’ll make the transition as painless and easy as possible for you.

If you haven’t put your kids in government schools yet, we’ll show you how to implement a homeschooling system that works for you so you never have to even consider another option.

There are still a handful of spots open for IN-PERSON attendees.

And, of course, we have plenty of VIRTUAL spots available.

Reject dumbness in society by raising your kids to be brilliant and free people.

Join the Homeschool READY Workshop here:

https://livefree.academy/sp/homeschool-workshop/


John Bush