Why is it the 'educators' always appear to be autistic.. in the bad way? When I used to debate people on facebook about politics all the dumbest people in the group were teachers.
I think it comes down to people in those positions often being at the perfect level to think that they're more intelligent than they really are.
Truly dumb people are fairly aware that they don't know everything, and can be convinced with a good argument. Truly intelligent people are distinctly aware that they don't know everything, and often seek out logical arguments on either side and follow the ones that make sense.
However, a lot of people are in that sweet spot where they can be convinced that they already understand everything (and this is enforced daily in soft-degrees within colleges and through the media). They believe that a counter-narrative is just some "conspiracy theory" without actually looking into.
To the point of teachers who generally fall in this group, sure you ought to have a college degree to teach, but you really only need to have a greater than average understanding of the material for the grade and subject you teach. Everything else, like understanding how government works, what a successful economy involves, or any number of knowledge bases important to our "democracy" are completely unnecessary for that goal.
I won’t bother at mine cause talking to my brainwashed teacher’s union aunt is like arguing with a brick wall.
Why is it the 'educators' always appear to be autistic.. in the bad way? When I used to debate people on facebook about politics all the dumbest people in the group were teachers.
I think it comes down to people in those positions often being at the perfect level to think that they're more intelligent than they really are.
Truly dumb people are fairly aware that they don't know everything, and can be convinced with a good argument. Truly intelligent people are distinctly aware that they don't know everything, and often seek out logical arguments on either side and follow the ones that make sense.
However, a lot of people are in that sweet spot where they can be convinced that they already understand everything (and this is enforced daily in soft-degrees within colleges and through the media). They believe that a counter-narrative is just some "conspiracy theory" without actually looking into.
To the point of teachers who generally fall in this group, sure you ought to have a college degree to teach, but you really only need to have a greater than average understanding of the material for the grade and subject you teach. Everything else, like understanding how government works, what a successful economy involves, or any number of knowledge bases important to our "democracy" are completely unnecessary for that goal.