I heard an excellent talk this weekend by Rick Steves, the travel writer and TV presenter. He talked about his concern in the many nations he had visited where the leaders worked hard to dumb-down their citizens, so they could become dictators. As I listened I thought about how Trump tried to do this and is still trying. Not only Trump, but several of the Republican Governors. During thus awful pandemic several of the governors, who have strict vaccine requirements for kids in school, now are fighting President Biden about the vaccine mandate. That makes no sense. Not only do I see a lot of dumbing-down on TV, but I see it in our education system and sadly even in some U.S. medical schools.
I had one doctor who never once looked at me on my visit to him but spent the whole time looking and typing on his computer. No, I never went back. Some medical schools are not teaching the art or love of medicine but it is all about clicking on computers. Also the students are telling the heads of the programs want they will and will not do and what they will and will not listen to. It is truly amazing.
I have great concerns about what children are learning today and their fixation on their Smart phones and computers. I fear that many are not learning or being taught about history. One college sophomore, a friend told me, did not know who Hitler was. I was astounded.
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