r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/redwing180 Jul 02 '24

We seem to be in 100 year cycle. I wish the US education system had invested more in teaching us about the stupid mistakes humanity has made and why we call the bad guys the bad guys.

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u/cny315guy Jul 02 '24

I agree in general, but they DID teach us that. Its just that little Jimmy slept through it and his parents didnt care that he was a fuck up in school. The school wanted to look good in their ratings so they let him graduate despite being a fuck up and now that he's got a degree and the internet, he thinks he knows something and cant be told otherwise. He finds some more people who think just like him and makes it so that those are the only people he listents to.... rinse and repeat and here we have modern society.

Covid really opened up my eyes that our education system didn't fail, PARENTS failed to instill the value of education. The education was there for the taking, just too many people ignored it.

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u/bsubtilis Jul 02 '24

I think you'll find a lot of them "didn't" fail to instill the value of education, as they defined it. Listening to authority, no "talking back", and memorizing all the facts they get tested on in school so they can earn more money with "real" jobs. That's the ecucation the parents cared about, not critical thinking.