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Keivn
Keivn
11 years ago

nice rant Jack… (PS – you should look at the camera, not the teleprompter) just ribbin’ ya. 🙂

Craig
Craig
11 years ago

It seems that all of our “systems” are run by morons that use their brains for processing data from a rule book rather than process thoughts.

minorweston
minorweston
11 years ago

jack.

second article link is the poptart one again not the deaf child. Otherwise spot on.

Remember in the modern education system imagination is a dangerous thing that must be contained and shaped

Tully
11 years ago

Another rant I’d like to hear from you is on homeowners associations. A buddy of mine was looking into buying a house in a certain neighborhood and I ask him if it had a homeowners association. He said he didn’t know. I said you better find out and read the bylaws. The shit he wasn’t allowed to do blew him away. Can’t put up a green house, can’t have a veg. garden, can’t have fruit bearing trees. Fruit is garbage I guess.
He’s looking elsewhere.

Adam R
Adam R
11 years ago

I like the rants. I was hoping more stats like 50% dropout rate, 60% of kids only read at a 3rd grade level etc…. To me this should have been failed zero tolerance 🙂 Then again I don’t know why I care because I know all these sad things already, just makes me angrier. Maybe we need a Jack’s solutions to follow the rant, that would be more uplifting 🙂 Like this is how its going to get fixed such as the online education where you give more details. I like your podcasts because you give solutions but the rants are entertaining too.

Debi
Debi
11 years ago

my youngest has been homeschooling since kindergarten, she is 10th grade right now. None of the oneline stuff (or worksheets ), easier to learn hands on or from books. Especially when they are young, lots of fun.

Please just keep them home and teach them yourself thru 3rd grade at a minimum, give them a good start. Doesnt take very much time a day for the skills at this age. They can be part of your family business or what have you and you can teach them the language skills and math in a few hours a day before or after.

junior high, 7th and 8th is a great time to absolutely not be in school either, at least around here. They dont cover much, their hormones are changing too much for them to pay attention, and they are usually not realy prepared for the amount of bad infuences from other kids.

BarnGeek
11 years ago

Hey Jack, Here is one for you. A Change.org petition from Suze Orman “Mandate the credit bureaus to include debit card holders information on credit reports” she claims that the poor are disadvantaged because they choose to use a debit card and therefore don’t get a good credit score.

http://www.change.org/petitions/mandate-the-credit-bureaus-to-include-debit-card-holders-information-on-credit-reports

Adam R
Adam R
11 years ago

After listening to your last show, I’d like you to continue with the Organic Carrot rant. I just finished reading Omnivores Dilemma last month and Micheal Pollen talks quite about about industrial organic.

Mark Grimes
Mark Grimes
11 years ago

Love this concept , it plays to your strength. There will never be a shortage of topics for your rants. Very entertaining and informative. Keep doing it.

ETB
ETB
11 years ago

Unfortunately, this is not about incompetence. It’s about a coordinated effort (PSYOP) to mentally condition youth against the second amendment. Eric Holder laid out the plan here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUOBiQz4Z_0

Chris J
Chris J
11 years ago

I’m Computer guy for a school system. Ever since I’ve started working for a school system my respect for teachers has fallen off the cliff. For the most part were I work they are cry babies. Seems their motto is “at first you don’t succeed, cry cry again”. They have a since on intitlement that drives me crazy. And to get a huge raise you only have to get anouther duhgree

Sbmitt
Sbmitt
10 years ago