@JesusChristisMuslim Don't worry your spot in Ivy-league school is saved for you. You should get your letter of acceptance any day now. You sound like a very intelligent individual.
Since the early 1980's, all children born on the planet are indigo. This is a result of the planet becoming indigo and able to attract these children. These kids will not accept the norm Ben and I grew up with because it is contrived to make us conform to what essentially amounts to slavery. Our structure reduces everything to money and power and these kids just won't buy it. What is more, there are crystal kids and after complete world collapse, there will be gold kids and platinum kids.
He's talking about a world that does not exist anymore! Listen to Ken Robinson NOT Ben Stein. Why ARE the students getting bored? I've been a teacher for 10 years. I teach them stuff they want to know - like game programming! They learn Maths, Art , Music and Programming. ALL is relevent to the future...not just ROTE learning facts like a parrot...that wont serve the people of tomorrow...they need to know HOW to do stuff NOT know a list of historical facts...DUH!
He says many many young Americans don't know history, they don't know geography. But if he gets his way they'll also not only have to reject evolution, but also geology, paleontology & a whole raft of other sciences.
I listened to many proponents of ID, & they all have one thing in common. They lie.
I call then "crap" circles. They are designed to change the morphogenetic grid of an area. They are created from Brookhaven National Labs, transmitted to satellites and then beamed to Earth. They are made electromagnetically and
imprinted on the pattern of the location. They were not made by our Space Brothers
They choose ley lines where ELF can be directly entered into the energy grids of the Earth. Sure, you may think these designs look pretty and intricate, but there is a clever disguise
Why would any pay ben stein, let alone ASK HIM to speak at anything? The guy is a lying creationist. End of story, why would anyone listen to him prattle on in his inane tone about education?
The man believes the world is 2000 years old for fuck's sake.
You know maybe we should ask the Catholic schools how they do it. Catholic schools have a %97 graduation rate, the highest in the country. And %89 of those graduates go on to college level studies. It is at an average personal cost to the Catholic Church that is 2/3 of the public schools. I am not endorsing any one religion or group but if any system is that efficient then maybe we should ask them how they are that efficient and copy how their system is.
@dave28lax Its impossible to replicate as long as the government is involved. The point that I was making is that the private sector of every facet of society is successful and when the government gets involved they mess it up every time.
Does anyone know about this ‘paedophile test’ being introduced for teachers in schools across Oklahoma & Texas this year (initially for the newly qualified, then for all)?
Apparently you have to watch a slide-show of underage children in states of undress & ‘potentially sexual poses’ while your brain responses are monitored. In this way they hope to ‘weed out’ those with questionable sexual tendencies before they are let near kids.
Yet their generation looks at a DVD player trying to show a video to their students and says "Hey anyone know how to set this thing up?". You are the ones being left behind this is the typical older generation saying "back in my day." Maybe education is changing, maybe referencing information is better then mesmerizing it. Hmm what references information well? Oh yeah that DVD player stuff called Technology. Maybe you can learn something from the younger generation.
@Kreature8888 Yes -- technology empowers people. However, it's also important to know who created and designed this technology. It's some of these "grown ups", after all. The important question is: will the current crop of young people have the power to create newer technologies? Maybe just the driven exceptions like Zuckerberg. But I'm not hopeful about the rest of us.
I agree with Ben Stein that American education is far from perfect. Whole swaths of the American youth are horribly ill informed. And why should they be when members of the media, members of the media who are supposedly intelligent, get away with offering blatantly invented stories as some kind of cogent point?
@Sumoto999 Humphrey Davey invented the lightbulb (English), Claude Chappe invented the telegraph (France), emag telegraph was Germany & Russia, and the telephone by a Scot or Italian depending on how you define telephone. The Wright Brothers plane is also questionable. I don't blame you though. My teachers in the UK told the class exactly what you said in your post. They were very angry when I pointed out their mistake. I wonder how many past classes left with wrong information.
@e9h9hoho lol ok. I didn't mean to insult. Just making a point that education needs more attention. Yea i think there were many other inventors that were experimenting for those things i mentioned. I think there were like 22 for the light bulb. Didn't mean to sound arrogant. I just want our education to be better.
@Sumoto999 Oh no, sorry buddy, I didn't mean to come across insulting either, or taking away anything from the USA that has made many great scientific discoveries and innovations :) I was more voicing my concern for some of the teaching over here. A lot of the education issues discussed in the USA strike a chord as they are very close to home. You didn't come across arrogant - I however may well have done so, though it was without intention. Apologies for that.
No Offense American people. But It is true, your education system is too low for World Standards. Ive seen American British and Turkish and there's a big difference. Your system is kept low in order to make younger minds believe in things that they think is right when wrong (AKA BrainWashing). So thats why when in any other Country in the world, when we hear ''America'', first thoughts are ''Sex Party and Getting Stoned''. You do have bright people but mostly foreigners increase your technolgy.
simple fact is, that since i graduated high school, kids are consistently warned that they probably will not get employment in the field of study they pursue in college... if you cant name the axis powers in world war II you may want to reconsider calling yourself intelligent... this was the last true war and you do those who served and truly protected freedom a dis-service by not taking an interest...
yeah... ben stein is correct... it is the students responsibility to learn and take an interest in learning... i mean do i get to blame my drivers ed teacher when i get in a wreck b/c i found driviing to be boring? i think not... jobs are scarce and have been for awhile...
Ben Stein - Stick with the Clear Eye Commercials you sound much better in those commercials than talking about education in this video.
You sound like a complete idiot in this video - you have no idea what you are talking about. There are many bright and smart students out there who study hard and get good grades unfortunately there are alot of students who don't learn because the public school system needs a huge improvement and nobody is doing anything about it.
Stein, you know there is a education crisis so why don't you:
1) give money to schools
2) fire stupid teachers and hire great teachers
3) Stop blaming students about this and start blaming people like yourself
4) Make schools a fun place to learn becase they are boring
I saved the best for last :
5) Make sure when students graduate college they get a job that relates to what they majored in college and they could apply those skills in there job
1) Chicago Public schools spent 67 THOUSAND dollars on cappucino machines. Schools get no more money.
2) How do you tell a stupid teacher from a great teacher & why do you think there are legions of great teachers being turned away in favor of stupid ones?
3) How could it NOT be the student's fault? Who were the Axis powers?-Without looking it up.
4) "Fun"?! Are you kidding me? Grow up.
5) STUDENTS should be the ones securing their own careers. Not looking for handouts! Do it YOURSELF man!
1) 67 Thousand dollars should have been spent on books not cappucino machines
2) How can you could tell a stupid teacher from a great one - When the teacher dosn't want to teach students and is being a smart ass with students - thats a stupid teacher. When a teacher actually cares about teaching students and students are learning alot in that class - thats a great teacher
3) It's not the students fault because teachers create a environment where education is not supported
3) con't - Who were the Axis powers? Without looking it up - I have no idea, but if I look it up at Google I will find out because I never had a great teacher in school to teach me this.
4) Fun - you didn't understand - well let me explain - what I mean by "Make schools Fun" is make schools a learning environment where students will enjoy learning with great teachers who enjoy teaching students this way the whole class learns
5) I agree with your answer - students should be the ones securing thier own careers and I know alot of people who have jobs because they know someone who works and got a job from that person.
Nobody handed out a job for me - I have looked for a job for 2 years on my own when graduated from college and I finally got one last year. It took alot of practice from the interviews I've been to - to finally get a job and do you know why? because everyone I know is unemployed
"Make sure when students graduate college they get a job that relates to what they majored in college and they could apply those skills in there job"
Everything said there is entirely up to the students. The curriculum must be current & relevant, but it is not the schools obligation to motivate the students or secure their vocations for them. Schools provide their services for the tuition, but each student gets out what they put in. As you did.
2: system does not make it easy for me. I miss the fact that one cannot do what he pleases anymore. He is restricted by a game called "college degrees" and money. I cannot just go down to the local laywer when I turn 17 and start reading up on law and become an apprenticed lawyer in 2 or 3 years. I have to first play a game. Education has now become a game. It is no longer about a consummation of knowledge, but of test scores. Politics need more people like me, and I am determined to spark it.
1: I come from a family who makes less than 40,000. I am 70th in my class at a public high school in a rich district (I'm a junior). None of my parents went to college nor my two siblings who are now successful. My philosophy on education is unlike many others, which is why I am not 1st in my class. I would exponentially become dumber if I were to suck myself into a competitive, mindless, phony, myopic environment with no sense of applicable or thought-provoking ideas. But the education system
I teach my kids how to program video games! They are only 10 - 11 years old!! They LOVE it! They WANT TO LEARN because its RELEVANT to them. They learn simple algebra, basic coordinate geometry and how to use different software and how to program and think logically. Ha! - Ben Stein and his stupid 'book smarts' - that's why education is in trouble because we are trying to reform the 'old ways' My 10 yo's can program 'pong'...bet Ben Stein can't do that!!
@ceprelex yup...NCLB policy is useless. This is what 'The Steinster' is provocating with book smarts. Book smarts WONT serve kids today. I studies Educational Psychology at an American University and was forced to study NCLB! Gotta listen to Sir Ken. I don't see what is insulting...Ben has a Crystalline form of smarts not fluid intelligence. It is not helpful in today's world. The Steinster mentality is WHY education is in trouble. It *NEEDS* to change - world over NOT just the US/UK.
@ceprelex wanna bet....we need creativity and innovation..kids are bored so they don't want to study...because they are being taught an education that WONT serve them. Kids today are wired problem solvers NOT book smarts. Listen to Sir Ken not 'Sir' Ben.
Gosh...I'm glad I didn't have the education Ben Stein had!!! This guy is full of book smarts not thinking and understanding...that's the reason education is in trouble.
Made up story. This guy is a HUGE liar. Watch his interview with Richard Dawkins and then watch him talk about that interview on Glen Becks show and youll clearly see how he lies through his teeth. He twisted everything Dawkins said and cut up the interview bits to make it look like he was worshiping aliens. Pathetic religious freak. BTW he also said that Glen Beck was one of the smartest people he knows. Thats GLEN BECK, a Mormon who believes his underwear is magical. LOL!! Nuff said.
@JabberCT It's fascinating that people like Glen Beck get so much play from people on the left. He can randomly be brought into any conversation. LOL Why is he even being discussed? Is Glen Beck the reason behind our education crisis? I do agree with you on your last point, Mormon's are crazy.
@Sumoto999 That story always gets me upset because religious people have the nerve to question the morals of Atheists yet there are thousands of Atheist videos and i have yet to see any of them twist facts or out-right lie to try and trick people. Yet religious types like Stein and Beck, who are brought up in what they feel is a morally correct religious manner, will go on national TV and lie to the whole world without even blinking an eye. Its pitiful behavior.
I like the way he got through the whole "story" without mentioning Hitler or FDR and the way he ridicules the students without actually providing them with the information. Good job! It's good to see that we have this guy pulling for us by raising money for right-wing politicians. After all, I guess our kids won't need an education to burn his house down. Total POS.
The number of youth under the age of 18 serving in an adult detention center has risen drastically. Check out the video that Press Pass Tv (in Boston) produced around these alarming statistics
I'll tell you why test scores are going down. Science is advancing but the religious majority (in the States) are stuck in the mud because Science is squeezing religion out of the picture by discovering the REAL truth. But instead of dropping their mythology and moving on, religious people shun the new knowledge, stay where they are and the test scores drop.
Simple. It's time for religion to make a graceful exit.
It's well known that a lack of education and religion go hand in hand.
I also believe that parents need to teach their kids to be responsible and hard working. An education can not be given to the kids of our nation. It has to be earned. Parents need to teach their kids to work for a better standard of living instead of feeling 'entitled' to it simply for existing. And, no, I'm not an educator, but a parent myself.
@tkdbabe67 You go Mom! This woman has taught me everything I know, and I not only love her but I respect her more than anyone else! I was home schooled until I was 16(during this time My Mother worked full time to support us and was going through college AT THE SAME TIME!) I then finished home schooling and started college. Being the youngest in most of my classes I got picked on, and made fun of often. But my Mom taught me that if you don't try and don't work for you goals you will NOT succeed!
@tkdbabe67 (continuum of previous comment) I am now 20 years old and in my last year of college, A USAF Auxiliary Pilot, and I am not only a student, but a leader! Are your kids working for there education for their future? Or are you and their teachers having to force it down their throats because they don't care about our future? Not many people my age understand this, but we are the future! And if we(my generation) don't care about it. Our future will not be very pleasant. That's my 2 cents!
It's sad but true, our kids are being ripped off! They are missing out on America's great history. They aren't learning the lessons that our fore-fathers so dearly paid for in blood. As George Santayana once said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' Take Ben's advise, get educated!
The problem isn't about money. The problem is that students aren't learning how to think for themselves. They mostly learn how to take orders and memorize facts for short periods of time. Why would any student have a desire to learn when they think the shit they do in school is learning? Learning is naturally fun and useful but schools make it boring, stressful and practically useless to ensure a steady supply of unquestioning, obedient worker/consumers, who would rather watch tv than read abook
Ever read the news on Chinese "tiger moms" lately? They surely don't allow their children to "learn naturally", and the very way you claim learning SHOULDN'T BE, The "tiger mom" uses. They haven't done pretty bad for themselves.
we fought a war with japan? who won the war? LMFAO. actually fdr's policies and sanctions starting immediately after the tripartite pact provoked japan to attack us.
Japans thoughts on attacking the US came long before FDR...in his distant cousin Teddy Roosevelt. The Great White Fleet threatening to blow up Tokyo Harbour in order to open up the city to trade. I'm sure that angered Japanese and it probably kept them angry.
The problem is $10,000 per student per year and where is the money going? I agree teachers arent getting paid enough. to quote pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett, "Those who said 'fix it with more money' have had their chance, and it hasn't worked," Stein is the man!
" you too will get old; and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders." Baz Luhrmann
I guess everything used to be better in the past, right?
Stein, the problem with the current education system is idiots like you. People who'd rather fund the military than the education that that military is built upon. People who cut education to FUND the already EXTREMELY bloated military. And most importantly, creationist idiots such as yourself have doomed the educational system....
I got an idea. Why not CUT Military spending AND education spending. There's a thought. Especially since national academic scores have been going downhill since the creation of the Department of Education.
Again, why spend money you don't have? Don't we have immediate concerns? Don't you have personal finances? Seriously, would you be worried about "investing" when you can't pay the bills, and your credit card debt is mounting? And who says the Government can do a better job by throwing money on Education? Academics in the US has lost its way since the Department of Education was created. We've slipped lower and lower when compared to other countries.
Like i said, cut the Military budget. That budget should be discretionary.
You keep saying "...in the long run..." that sounds like an investment. It's sounds great and all. But I'll use personal finance as an analogy: Why should I put ANY money into a retirement fund or in the stock market when my credit card debt is mounting. Until i cut that to a certain point, I won't even think about investing. At the moment: we should ignore the "single most important factor" .
"Why should I put ANY money into a retirement fund or in the stock market when my credit card debt is mounting."
But education isn't in the stock market. Education can create jobs and skyrocket an economy to levels never before seen. This is why the most educated nations are also often accompanied by some of the highest incomes in the world. It is the educated populace the makes innovations that make new industries, boosting the economy and creating jobs.
And tell me how spending more in education is suppose to help education. Do we spend more on Teachers? They don't get paid very well do they? But when you have a job, aren't you suppose to somehow keep up to standard (teachers unions)? How are teachers unions so powerful when they are public servants in the first place.
"And tell me how spending more in education is suppose to help education."
You can afford more and better materials. And I don't just mean paper and pencils, I mean: textbooks, computers, resources for things such as field trips, better educated and prepared teachers who can more effectively pass on the knowledge that needs to be passed on to the younger generations (quite a big problem in the US as well) etc. just to name a few things.
"lost its way since the Department of Education was created."
Are we also going to ignore that the population has been increasing, costs for education have been skyrocketing, and there are many other external factors affecting many places in the United States in unprecedented scales such as gang violence and drugs; etc., etc.
I agree that the DoE needs reform, but its not all bad.
"We've slipped lower and lower when compared to other countries."
Aussieconservative yes you are right but thats only one of the contributing factors your teacher witholds responsibilites to insure the student learns their material but to be honest do teachers work for the good of it or for the paycheck so therefore i belive that the teachers fail the parents and most vital the students fail
Aussieconservative yes you are right but thats only one of the contributing factors your teacher witholds responsibilites to insure the student learns their material but to be honest do teachers work for the good of it or for the paycheck so therefore i belive that the teachers fail the parents and most vital the students fail
@smartpizza3 not necessarily. if the student has an IQ of 80 and the quantum Physics teacher cant quite teach the student it could be because failing students in quantum physics often have an IQ of 140 or more. If a linebacker weighs 150 pounds he will not last long, unlike intellectual 'weight' a linebacker must weigh about 300 pounds to succeed. Its only in the fields of science and literature that we assume that everyone can be great if only they had the right teacher.
What this man says is true education is a major factor on our countrys future its important to be knowledgable because knowledge is power though its the type person that controls it which leads to another issue corupption which is another reason we must become educated
Stein is right that there's an education crisis. To blame the students however is ridiculous. Perhaps if our schools tried serving the needs of the student instead of the needs of the state/corporate machine, students would actually engage and embrace learning. When we use our schools to manufacture an obedient workforce instead of to empower and nurture our youth, it is we who are failing our children, not the other way around.
@cesar1963able Yes the parents are increasingly a problem. I see more apologists now than ever before. I had a girl that worked for me until recently take Christmas eve off and boxing day due to what i thought was sickness. but she then posted on facey that she was looking forward to the boxing day sales. when i called her and asked for a medical certificate her dad got on the phone and lied for her and he tried to goad me into firing her, i didn't of course.
@cesar1963able but on tuesday she resigned. her parents made her lie. I couldnt help but feel sorry for her she is being raised by cowardly lying scum. My parents never would have lied for me, although on occasion it would have saved me from some hard learned truths. What a lesson for an impressionable young girl, and to be taught that kind of dishonesty by your parents! Unfortunately this is becoming the norm.
@cesar1963able Don't forget the Media which Mr. Stein was right to point out. Nothing aganist American Idol but I do find it amazing more people know singers from that show than about America or naming countries on a map. It's always nice to challenge your brain every now and then.
The real problem in our country's education is that no one is thinking and that they are unconfident, worthless, and cowardly people. All thanks for the cold war and communism making half of our population go communist, yelling that the elite are ruining it when its actually the people who hate school that do it. Same with the weak who worry like its the end of the world.
@FreedomFighterReturn I invite you to drop the holy books and just look up at the stars on a clear night. It's hard to disagree with stars, difficult to object to their existence. The one thing that stars do is teach us is that we are very, very small, and no supernatural being is counting our every breath, hearing our every thought, trying to get us to worship them, or going to punish us. We merely exist, we are very small, and we're not all that important, which I find very comforting.
Blame the students themselves? Fuck you Stein. The school system in the US is an abject failure, as it does not teach students to learn, think, create, or innovate, it merely shoves arbitrary facts into their heads and rates them on arbitrary test scores. It is not the fault of the students that the system they're forced into is faulty, it's the fault of morons in Ben Stein's camp who blame the students and refuse to realize that the way they grew up no longer applies in this world.
@PowerAndPerception What does wearing glasses have to do with disliking science? Are you saying you have to wear glasses to like science, or be a nerd to like science? Your love for stereotyping is written all over your face.
@VelvetWind8 Are you seriously asking me? OMG. OK, let me draw you a picture. Without science, lenses and glasses would not exist! Without glasses, he'd be fucked. Since he's not fucked, you think he'd show at least a little appreciation for science. I really can't believe you asked me that. That has to be the stupidest question I've ever been asked. Oh and the answer to your 2nd question is no.
@VelvetWind8 And regarding your final comment: "Your love for stereotyping is written all over your face."
I'd respond to that strawman properly, but I'm having trouble typing now since I'm laughing so hard my glasses keep falling off. Without them, I can't see the keyboard. Plus since my vision is so blurred I'm getting a headache. Luckily science has developed something called medicine, which thank goodness, in a few minutes can offer me relief from the painful experience of talking to you.
@PowerAndPerception When you wear glasses it's because they have to see better. Wearing glasses is not relevant to the topic of science, even though they were developed by science. And two things: 1. He never said anything about science or glasses in this video. 2. Your response has to be the least thought out reply I've ever seen. Oh and the answer to your second response is: I don't care.
@VelvetWind8 You again? ha. OK. 1. I didn't say that he mentioned glasses, I said it! Google the term "straw man". Geesh... 2. Glasses and lenses exist as a direct result of science, that's the whole point of my comment. It's the same contradiction as someone who likes computer games, but hates technology. Can't you see that? 3. "When you wear glasses it's because they have to see better." Really? Holy shit I had no idea. Where would I be without you here to teach me such wonderful things?
@VelvetWind8 Just to clarify one thing, when I said "I didn't say that he mentioned glasses, I said it!" What I mean is I'm the one who menntioned glasses. I did not say that Ben Stein mentoned glasses. I didn't even suggest that he mentioned them. You seemed to read what I type, and then I think something rather strange happens in your brain. Hence I feel that I must clarify what I mean when I said "I said it"
I wise man once said: "It does not matter what you think, it's HOW you think."
@VelvetWind8 Yes, what you said on that other video was quite smart in some ways and I respect it. But your reaction to me here and the strawman of me you attacked, really pissed me off :( But I'm not the type of person who remains angry for long.
@VelvetWind8 Meh... it's not as wierd as you might think... click on the part of my comment thats says "@VelvetWind8"
When something like this happens, I tend to have a quick look a the persons channel so that I can get a bit more info about the type of person I'm talking to. the @VelvetWind8 link also allows me to see other comments that person has made. Which is sometimes useful. You're cool.
Don't worry, I'm not stalking you. And I always wear night-vision goggles.
@VelvetWind8 yeah I know, I was trying to be cute, (trying and failing) saying "Forget about what?" is supposed to be a cute way of saying "No problem, I've already forgot about it." :)
Glasses were invented long ago. Therefore it's not science anymore. We can forget who created it. Just as the Internet was invented by the US government, yet we can rave and rant about them too and claim the US government cant do anything right. So we can conveniently forget who created what, and take things for granted.
@Rao665 I disagree with you, but you do make an interesting point, maybe. I do think that lenses are still a part of the science class in schools.... prisms for example are used to teach about the spectrum. Also telescopes are still relevant. But glasses are also explained, in the science classroom.
But do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your comment?
I'm in 11th grade currently, and im the only person in my 11th grade geology class of about 19 students, that knew Canada was country, everyone else thought it was a state. <.<
If that doesn't say anything, i don't know what does
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eraldb12 1 week ago
@JesusChristisMuslim Don't worry your spot in Ivy-league school is saved for you. You should get your letter of acceptance any day now. You sound like a very intelligent individual.
vkon15 3 weeks ago
Great video this is why I homeschool my child .Classical education is wonderful.
homeschooll4us 3 weeks ago
Stay in school kids, and btw, look at those ears!
Sumoto999 1 month ago
When societies or Individuals do things based purely on profit, the world will begin to die one community at a time.
Electrica990 1 month ago
Since the early 1980's, all children born on the planet are indigo. This is a result of the planet becoming indigo and able to attract these children. These kids will not accept the norm Ben and I grew up with because it is contrived to make us conform to what essentially amounts to slavery. Our structure reduces everything to money and power and these kids just won't buy it. What is more, there are crystal kids and after complete world collapse, there will be gold kids and platinum kids.
rollsthepaul 2 months ago
@rollsthepaul So why are so many Crystal Meth and Gold Grill kids in Jail?
willbond 1 month ago
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@willbond So why are so many Crystal Meth and Gold Grill kids in Jail? They won't go mainstream.
rollsthepaul 1 month ago
thought provoking..
educationblog 2 months ago
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Ever wonder why the kids are so screwed up these days???.....THINK...
God Was Bad...So...they have been taught from day 1 that Their Lives, their World, the Universe and All Things Living Around them.
Is A MEANINGLESS COSMIC ACCIDENT.
every thing came from thin air......Every thing came by chance.....
this INDOCTRINATION has been on going for at least 50 years....so...
look, because the RESULTS ARE IN...
Look at Our Youth and Our Society Today???..
And We Now Are Reaping The Rewards.
songforamericans 3 months ago
we must be doomed to repeat history it seems
shanyin1234 4 months ago
oh the IRONY of THIS "man" talking about edumacation
FreeeeS 5 months ago
Arrogant plank who believes in ID and he's attacking other people
1976TRASHMAN 6 months ago
Hes a dumb ass because he doesn't know what a umbrella tree is.
PrettyPurpleful 6 months ago
this guy its stupid
kurkomoreno 6 months ago
He's talking about a world that does not exist anymore! Listen to Ken Robinson NOT Ben Stein. Why ARE the students getting bored? I've been a teacher for 10 years. I teach them stuff they want to know - like game programming! They learn Maths, Art , Music and Programming. ALL is relevent to the future...not just ROTE learning facts like a parrot...that wont serve the people of tomorrow...they need to know HOW to do stuff NOT know a list of historical facts...DUH!
ogicabp4u 6 months ago
@ogicabp4u Maybe they need to know...both? (Duh)
willbond 1 month ago
@willbond extremely unlikely in the near future. they will just have yo know how to retrieve information and use it, not rote learn it.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
He's talking about a world that does not exist anymore! Listen to Ken Robinson NOT Ben Stein.
ogicabp4u 6 months ago
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I would still bet the models know more about science then Ben.
alianchild 6 months ago
He says many many young Americans don't know history, they don't know geography. But if he gets his way they'll also not only have to reject evolution, but also geology, paleontology & a whole raft of other sciences.
I listened to many proponents of ID, & they all have one thing in common. They lie.
Stein is just one of the more unpleasant.
GuillemotWatcher 6 months ago 5
@GuillemotWatcher with respect, i just want to know if you do not lie yourself?
AnaborouS 1 month ago
wow those ears!
lorddarthstar 8 months ago
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I call then "crap" circles. They are designed to change the morphogenetic grid of an area. They are created from Brookhaven National Labs, transmitted to satellites and then beamed to Earth. They are made electromagnetically and
imprinted on the pattern of the location. They were not made by our Space Brothers
They choose ley lines where ELF can be directly entered into the energy grids of the Earth. Sure, you may think these designs look pretty and intricate, but there is a clever disguise
exposingthemachine 8 months ago
sure..... Germany Germany Garmany.I dont think this iterview ever happened....... Bein Stein like to say storys
WeHave2009 8 months ago
Why would any pay ben stein, let alone ASK HIM to speak at anything? The guy is a lying creationist. End of story, why would anyone listen to him prattle on in his inane tone about education?
The man believes the world is 2000 years old for fuck's sake.
glassbrain 8 months ago
@glassbrain “The man believes the world is 2000 years old for fuck's sake.” Were you probably the one interviewed by Ben
akkafietje 7 months ago
I disliked this before it even started.
LothairApoclyane 8 months ago
Ok kids today’s lesson is Irony.
darkblood626 8 months ago
This is weird, because from what I've seen of Stein, he's actively engaged in trying to destroy America's science education.
dave28lax 8 months ago
You know maybe we should ask the Catholic schools how they do it. Catholic schools have a %97 graduation rate, the highest in the country. And %89 of those graduates go on to college level studies. It is at an average personal cost to the Catholic Church that is 2/3 of the public schools. I am not endorsing any one religion or group but if any system is that efficient then maybe we should ask them how they are that efficient and copy how their system is.
billyslo87 8 months ago
@billyslo87 It's easy; you only take the smartest kids, with motivated parents. Works every time. Not sure how easy that is to replicate though :(
dave28lax 8 months ago
@dave28lax Its impossible to replicate as long as the government is involved. The point that I was making is that the private sector of every facet of society is successful and when the government gets involved they mess it up every time.
billyslo87 8 months ago
@billyslo87 Except Finland has virtually no private education, yet ranks joint #1 in the world.
dave28lax 8 months ago
@billyslo87
"the private sector of every facet of society is successful"
...but at who's/what cost?
drbayoms 6 months ago
1 in 6 are on food stamps
1 in 3 are functionally illiterate
some states have a76% HS drop out rate
Clearly third world ghetto stats
dave777blaster 8 months ago
Does anyone know about this ‘paedophile test’ being introduced for teachers in schools across Oklahoma & Texas this year (initially for the newly qualified, then for all)?
Apparently you have to watch a slide-show of underage children in states of undress & ‘potentially sexual poses’ while your brain responses are monitored. In this way they hope to ‘weed out’ those with questionable sexual tendencies before they are let near kids.
Sounds a bit Minority Report to me…
SuperTruth77 8 months ago 10
@SuperTruth77 brain rape...legalized!!
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
DrCamPhD 9 months ago
Killer Ears :)
borderlord 9 months ago
American Idol and MTV are more appealing to young Americans
110301839 9 months ago
I think that the curriculum should be changed to teach students life skills and not review the same skills for several years.
JZJ36 9 months ago
Fora T.V: The World is Retarded.
MuonRay 9 months ago
Yet their generation looks at a DVD player trying to show a video to their students and says "Hey anyone know how to set this thing up?". You are the ones being left behind this is the typical older generation saying "back in my day." Maybe education is changing, maybe referencing information is better then mesmerizing it. Hmm what references information well? Oh yeah that DVD player stuff called Technology. Maybe you can learn something from the younger generation.
Kreature8888 9 months ago
@Kreature8888 Yes -- technology empowers people. However, it's also important to know who created and designed this technology. It's some of these "grown ups", after all. The important question is: will the current crop of young people have the power to create newer technologies? Maybe just the driven exceptions like Zuckerberg. But I'm not hopeful about the rest of us.
adi87tya 9 months ago
this isnt fair...it makes all of the youth seem REALLY DUMB. im 13 and i could answer every question. even the FDR one.
sjake3ify 9 months ago
I agree with Ben Stein that American education is far from perfect. Whole swaths of the American youth are horribly ill informed. And why should they be when members of the media, members of the media who are supposedly intelligent, get away with offering blatantly invented stories as some kind of cogent point?
afrei5 9 months ago
damn his ears keep getting bigger.
peterm89 9 months ago
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Sumoto999 9 months ago
@Sumoto999 Humphrey Davey invented the lightbulb (English), Claude Chappe invented the telegraph (France), emag telegraph was Germany & Russia, and the telephone by a Scot or Italian depending on how you define telephone. The Wright Brothers plane is also questionable. I don't blame you though. My teachers in the UK told the class exactly what you said in your post. They were very angry when I pointed out their mistake. I wonder how many past classes left with wrong information.
e9h9hoho 9 months ago
@e9h9hoho lol ok. I didn't mean to insult. Just making a point that education needs more attention. Yea i think there were many other inventors that were experimenting for those things i mentioned. I think there were like 22 for the light bulb. Didn't mean to sound arrogant. I just want our education to be better.
Sumoto999 9 months ago
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e9h9hoho 9 months ago
@Sumoto999 Oh no, sorry buddy, I didn't mean to come across insulting either, or taking away anything from the USA that has made many great scientific discoveries and innovations :) I was more voicing my concern for some of the teaching over here. A lot of the education issues discussed in the USA strike a chord as they are very close to home. You didn't come across arrogant - I however may well have done so, though it was without intention. Apologies for that.
e9h9hoho 9 months ago
No Offense American people. But It is true, your education system is too low for World Standards. Ive seen American British and Turkish and there's a big difference. Your system is kept low in order to make younger minds believe in things that they think is right when wrong (AKA BrainWashing). So thats why when in any other Country in the world, when we hear ''America'', first thoughts are ''Sex Party and Getting Stoned''. You do have bright people but mostly foreigners increase your technolgy.
ArselAcar 9 months ago
WOW.i actually agree with Ben Stein...
random6678 9 months ago
all succeeding "wars" have been economic interest conflicts... know your enemy...
reclusivemonk 9 months ago
simple fact is, that since i graduated high school, kids are consistently warned that they probably will not get employment in the field of study they pursue in college... if you cant name the axis powers in world war II you may want to reconsider calling yourself intelligent... this was the last true war and you do those who served and truly protected freedom a dis-service by not taking an interest...
reclusivemonk 9 months ago
yeah... ben stein is correct... it is the students responsibility to learn and take an interest in learning... i mean do i get to blame my drivers ed teacher when i get in a wreck b/c i found driviing to be boring? i think not... jobs are scarce and have been for awhile...
reclusivemonk 9 months ago
Damn. That was the one good thing I've heard him say.
HoGraz 10 months ago
HE'S RIGHT, RIGHT?
avfromc 10 months ago
Ben Stein - Stick with the Clear Eye Commercials you sound much better in those commercials than talking about education in this video.
You sound like a complete idiot in this video - you have no idea what you are talking about. There are many bright and smart students out there who study hard and get good grades unfortunately there are alot of students who don't learn because the public school system needs a huge improvement and nobody is doing anything about it.
canonlaunch 10 months ago
Stein, you know there is a education crisis so why don't you:
1) give money to schools
2) fire stupid teachers and hire great teachers
3) Stop blaming students about this and start blaming people like yourself
4) Make schools a fun place to learn becase they are boring
I saved the best for last :
5) Make sure when students graduate college they get a job that relates to what they majored in college and they could apply those skills in there job
canonlaunch 10 months ago
@can
1) Chicago Public schools spent 67 THOUSAND dollars on cappucino machines. Schools get no more money.
2) How do you tell a stupid teacher from a great teacher & why do you think there are legions of great teachers being turned away in favor of stupid ones?
3) How could it NOT be the student's fault? Who were the Axis powers?-Without looking it up.
4) "Fun"?! Are you kidding me? Grow up.
5) STUDENTS should be the ones securing their own careers. Not looking for handouts! Do it YOURSELF man!
BlackJACKAL3000 10 months ago
@BlackJACKAL3000
1) 67 Thousand dollars should have been spent on books not cappucino machines
2) How can you could tell a stupid teacher from a great one - When the teacher dosn't want to teach students and is being a smart ass with students - thats a stupid teacher. When a teacher actually cares about teaching students and students are learning alot in that class - thats a great teacher
3) It's not the students fault because teachers create a environment where education is not supported
canonlaunch 10 months ago
@BlackJACKAL3000
3) con't - Who were the Axis powers? Without looking it up - I have no idea, but if I look it up at Google I will find out because I never had a great teacher in school to teach me this.
4) Fun - you didn't understand - well let me explain - what I mean by "Make schools Fun" is make schools a learning environment where students will enjoy learning with great teachers who enjoy teaching students this way the whole class learns
canonlaunch 10 months ago
@BlackJACKAL3000
5) I agree with your answer - students should be the ones securing thier own careers and I know alot of people who have jobs because they know someone who works and got a job from that person.
Nobody handed out a job for me - I have looked for a job for 2 years on my own when graduated from college and I finally got one last year. It took alot of practice from the interviews I've been to - to finally get a job and do you know why? because everyone I know is unemployed
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@canonlaunch
That contradicts your #5 statement.
"Make sure when students graduate college they get a job that relates to what they majored in college and they could apply those skills in there job"
Everything said there is entirely up to the students. The curriculum must be current & relevant, but it is not the schools obligation to motivate the students or secure their vocations for them. Schools provide their services for the tuition, but each student gets out what they put in. As you did.
BlackJACKAL3000 10 months ago
2: system does not make it easy for me. I miss the fact that one cannot do what he pleases anymore. He is restricted by a game called "college degrees" and money. I cannot just go down to the local laywer when I turn 17 and start reading up on law and become an apprenticed lawyer in 2 or 3 years. I have to first play a game. Education has now become a game. It is no longer about a consummation of knowledge, but of test scores. Politics need more people like me, and I am determined to spark it.
KSmoothSaxG 10 months ago
1: I come from a family who makes less than 40,000. I am 70th in my class at a public high school in a rich district (I'm a junior). None of my parents went to college nor my two siblings who are now successful. My philosophy on education is unlike many others, which is why I am not 1st in my class. I would exponentially become dumber if I were to suck myself into a competitive, mindless, phony, myopic environment with no sense of applicable or thought-provoking ideas. But the education system
KSmoothSaxG 10 months ago
I teach my kids how to program video games! They are only 10 - 11 years old!! They LOVE it! They WANT TO LEARN because its RELEVANT to them. They learn simple algebra, basic coordinate geometry and how to use different software and how to program and think logically. Ha! - Ben Stein and his stupid 'book smarts' - that's why education is in trouble because we are trying to reform the 'old ways' My 10 yo's can program 'pong'...bet Ben Stein can't do that!!
ogicabp4u 10 months ago
@ceprelex yup...NCLB policy is useless. This is what 'The Steinster' is provocating with book smarts. Book smarts WONT serve kids today. I studies Educational Psychology at an American University and was forced to study NCLB! Gotta listen to Sir Ken. I don't see what is insulting...Ben has a Crystalline form of smarts not fluid intelligence. It is not helpful in today's world. The Steinster mentality is WHY education is in trouble. It *NEEDS* to change - world over NOT just the US/UK.
ogicabp4u 10 months ago
@ceprelex wanna bet....we need creativity and innovation..kids are bored so they don't want to study...because they are being taught an education that WONT serve them. Kids today are wired problem solvers NOT book smarts. Listen to Sir Ken not 'Sir' Ben.
ogicabp4u 10 months ago
Don't blame us, you're the ones who raised us.
Pasc9 10 months ago
yes Ben Stain, they dont know simple biology even :) You are as slimy as all the other snake oil peddlers aka ID-eots/creationist/fundis.
ueks69 10 months ago
Yes Ben Stein, education is important. Otherwise you could end up being a creationist like you are.
Why is Fora TV giving a man who cut and chopped an interview with Richard Dawkins; twisting his words, a video on their channel?
torm0 10 months ago
Gosh...I'm glad I didn't have the education Ben Stein had!!! This guy is full of book smarts not thinking and understanding...that's the reason education is in trouble.
ogicabp4u 10 months ago
Prob not but at least there are a few talented ones.
joeythebanker 10 months ago
If you don't like this you are an uneducated stoner.
joeythebanker 10 months ago
@joeythebanker read my comment first.
ogicabp4u 10 months ago
He tries so hard to be funny with his bollocks anecdote, he fails
Ihatemyusernamemore 10 months ago
Ben Stein and Bill O'Reilly are as stupid as stupid gets.
batmanpronz 10 months ago
@batmanpronz That is quite a profound contribution.
endoscented 10 months ago
Made up story. This guy is a HUGE liar. Watch his interview with Richard Dawkins and then watch him talk about that interview on Glen Becks show and youll clearly see how he lies through his teeth. He twisted everything Dawkins said and cut up the interview bits to make it look like he was worshiping aliens. Pathetic religious freak. BTW he also said that Glen Beck was one of the smartest people he knows. Thats GLEN BECK, a Mormon who believes his underwear is magical. LOL!! Nuff said.
JabberCT 11 months ago 10
@JabberCT It's fascinating that people like Glen Beck get so much play from people on the left. He can randomly be brought into any conversation. LOL Why is he even being discussed? Is Glen Beck the reason behind our education crisis? I do agree with you on your last point, Mormon's are crazy.
endoscented 10 months ago
@JabberCT Why are u so mad?
Sumoto999 6 months ago
@Sumoto999 That story always gets me upset because religious people have the nerve to question the morals of Atheists yet there are thousands of Atheist videos and i have yet to see any of them twist facts or out-right lie to try and trick people. Yet religious types like Stein and Beck, who are brought up in what they feel is a morally correct religious manner, will go on national TV and lie to the whole world without even blinking an eye. Its pitiful behavior.
JabberCT 6 months ago
I like the way he got through the whole "story" without mentioning Hitler or FDR and the way he ridicules the students without actually providing them with the information. Good job! It's good to see that we have this guy pulling for us by raising money for right-wing politicians. After all, I guess our kids won't need an education to burn his house down. Total POS.
JeffDunn99 3 months ago
benny stupid stein what a wanker
cjhmmp 11 months ago
@HectorYLaComay I don't agree with the second part of your post but your first is spot on.
Like any empire in the past, people are content to watch their entertainment and amuse themselves.
So long as they are fed, clothed and entertained, nothing else matters.
MultiSmartass1 11 months ago
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RabinoBoricuaVirtual 11 months ago
This guy is such a scumbag
2cutthroatterrorist 11 months ago
78k views of people that hate him.... who likes this guy? propaganda.
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presspasstv 11 months ago
Gee I wonder what could of happened to education during the 70s and 80s...
AndroidPolitician 11 months ago
I'll tell you why test scores are going down. Science is advancing but the religious majority (in the States) are stuck in the mud because Science is squeezing religion out of the picture by discovering the REAL truth. But instead of dropping their mythology and moving on, religious people shun the new knowledge, stay where they are and the test scores drop.
Simple. It's time for religion to make a graceful exit.
It's well known that a lack of education and religion go hand in hand.
RockyRacoon18 11 months ago
@RockyRacoon18 Good points.
Lots of people with substandard educations are often churchgoing or religious people.
Of course, critics will point out this is correlation not causation.
But correlation is largely the point
Also it is not just a matter of science but of all spheres of education.
Keep in mind that mass schooling was set up in this nation to essentially create somewhat literate farmers, clerks and factory workers-employees.
College really doesn't factor in this equasion.
MultiSmartass1 11 months ago
without God we are doomed "with God all things are possible".
coolvideo28 11 months ago
Anyone, anyone.
EddyARB 11 months ago
I also believe that parents need to teach their kids to be responsible and hard working. An education can not be given to the kids of our nation. It has to be earned. Parents need to teach their kids to work for a better standard of living instead of feeling 'entitled' to it simply for existing. And, no, I'm not an educator, but a parent myself.
tkdbabe67 11 months ago
@tkdbabe67 You go Mom! This woman has taught me everything I know, and I not only love her but I respect her more than anyone else! I was home schooled until I was 16(during this time My Mother worked full time to support us and was going through college AT THE SAME TIME!) I then finished home schooling and started college. Being the youngest in most of my classes I got picked on, and made fun of often. But my Mom taught me that if you don't try and don't work for you goals you will NOT succeed!
AdrenalineJunky17 11 months ago
@tkdbabe67 (continuum of previous comment) I am now 20 years old and in my last year of college, A USAF Auxiliary Pilot, and I am not only a student, but a leader! Are your kids working for there education for their future? Or are you and their teachers having to force it down their throats because they don't care about our future? Not many people my age understand this, but we are the future! And if we(my generation) don't care about it. Our future will not be very pleasant. That's my 2 cents!
AdrenalineJunky17 11 months ago
It's sad but true, our kids are being ripped off! They are missing out on America's great history. They aren't learning the lessons that our fore-fathers so dearly paid for in blood. As George Santayana once said, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' Take Ben's advise, get educated!
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ReKnowledge 11 months ago
The problem isn't about money. The problem is that students aren't learning how to think for themselves. They mostly learn how to take orders and memorize facts for short periods of time. Why would any student have a desire to learn when they think the shit they do in school is learning? Learning is naturally fun and useful but schools make it boring, stressful and practically useless to ensure a steady supply of unquestioning, obedient worker/consumers, who would rather watch tv than read abook
JustAnotherJuggler17 1 year ago
@JustAnotherJuggler17 I couldn't agree with you more....
fromanotherstar 11 months ago
@JustAnotherJuggler17
Ever read the news on Chinese "tiger moms" lately? They surely don't allow their children to "learn naturally", and the very way you claim learning SHOULDN'T BE, The "tiger mom" uses. They haven't done pretty bad for themselves.
Rao665 11 months ago
we fought a war with japan? who won the war? LMFAO. actually fdr's policies and sanctions starting immediately after the tripartite pact provoked japan to attack us.
raysalsa1 1 year ago
@raysalsa1
Japans thoughts on attacking the US came long before FDR...in his distant cousin Teddy Roosevelt. The Great White Fleet threatening to blow up Tokyo Harbour in order to open up the city to trade. I'm sure that angered Japanese and it probably kept them angry.
Rao665 11 months ago
Please read SUMMERHILL by A.S. Neil
MrBeautifulba1 1 year ago
The problem is $10,000 per student per year and where is the money going? I agree teachers arent getting paid enough. to quote pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett, "Those who said 'fix it with more money' have had their chance, and it hasn't worked," Stein is the man!
utahboy86 1 year ago
" you too will get old; and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders." Baz Luhrmann
I guess everything used to be better in the past, right?
Ccbroo 1 year ago 2
Stein, the problem with the current education system is idiots like you. People who'd rather fund the military than the education that that military is built upon. People who cut education to FUND the already EXTREMELY bloated military. And most importantly, creationist idiots such as yourself have doomed the educational system....
tskasa1 1 year ago 2
@tskasa1
I got an idea. Why not CUT Military spending AND education spending. There's a thought. Especially since national academic scores have been going downhill since the creation of the Department of Education.
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665
"I got an idea. Why not CUT Military spending AND education spending."
Please tell me that is a joke.....
tskasa1 11 months ago
@tskasa1
okay that was a joke...this is not:
Why not cut military spending AND education spending.
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Your probably love spending money you dont have. go for it. Make sure your cut your credit cards.
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665
"Why not cut military spending AND education spending."
Again, why should we cut education, when education is the single most vital element necessary for both a better future and a more informed populace?
tskasa1 11 months ago
@tskasa1
Again, why spend money you don't have? Don't we have immediate concerns? Don't you have personal finances? Seriously, would you be worried about "investing" when you can't pay the bills, and your credit card debt is mounting? And who says the Government can do a better job by throwing money on Education? Academics in the US has lost its way since the Department of Education was created. We've slipped lower and lower when compared to other countries.
Education is an investment
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665
"Again, why spend money you don't have?"
Money we don't have? Given our military budget, that can hardly be said.
"Don't we have immediate concerns?"
And does that mean that we should ignore the single most important factor for a powerful economy in the long run, an educated populus?
tskasa1 11 months ago
@tskasa1
Like i said, cut the Military budget. That budget should be discretionary.
You keep saying "...in the long run..." that sounds like an investment. It's sounds great and all. But I'll use personal finance as an analogy: Why should I put ANY money into a retirement fund or in the stock market when my credit card debt is mounting. Until i cut that to a certain point, I won't even think about investing. At the moment: we should ignore the "single most important factor" .
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665
"Why should I put ANY money into a retirement fund or in the stock market when my credit card debt is mounting."
But education isn't in the stock market. Education can create jobs and skyrocket an economy to levels never before seen. This is why the most educated nations are also often accompanied by some of the highest incomes in the world. It is the educated populace the makes innovations that make new industries, boosting the economy and creating jobs.
tskasa1 11 months ago
@tskasa1
And tell me how spending more in education is suppose to help education. Do we spend more on Teachers? They don't get paid very well do they? But when you have a job, aren't you suppose to somehow keep up to standard (teachers unions)? How are teachers unions so powerful when they are public servants in the first place.
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665
"And tell me how spending more in education is suppose to help education."
You can afford more and better materials. And I don't just mean paper and pencils, I mean: textbooks, computers, resources for things such as field trips, better educated and prepared teachers who can more effectively pass on the knowledge that needs to be passed on to the younger generations (quite a big problem in the US as well) etc. just to name a few things.
tskasa1 11 months ago
@Rao665
"lost its way since the Department of Education was created."
Are we also going to ignore that the population has been increasing, costs for education have been skyrocketing, and there are many other external factors affecting many places in the United States in unprecedented scales such as gang violence and drugs; etc., etc.
I agree that the DoE needs reform, but its not all bad.
"We've slipped lower and lower when compared to other countries."
I agree.
tskasa1 11 months ago
@tskasa1 that that? ok
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PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
bueller ?
darklink223456 1 year ago
@darklink223456 bueller ?
johnvile 1 year ago
Aussieconservative yes you are right but thats only one of the contributing factors your teacher witholds responsibilites to insure the student learns their material but to be honest do teachers work for the good of it or for the paycheck so therefore i belive that the teachers fail the parents and most vital the students fail
smartpizza3 1 year ago
Aussieconservative yes you are right but thats only one of the contributing factors your teacher witholds responsibilites to insure the student learns their material but to be honest do teachers work for the good of it or for the paycheck so therefore i belive that the teachers fail the parents and most vital the students fail
smartpizza3 1 year ago
@eightysixthlight He made a mistake so he has no right to talk to us about education!! Does he!!
aussieconservative 1 year ago
I also disagree its ironic to blame the students when the students fail it also shows that the parents and teacher failed
smartpizza3 1 year ago
@smartpizza3 not necessarily. if the student has an IQ of 80 and the quantum Physics teacher cant quite teach the student it could be because failing students in quantum physics often have an IQ of 140 or more. If a linebacker weighs 150 pounds he will not last long, unlike intellectual 'weight' a linebacker must weigh about 300 pounds to succeed. Its only in the fields of science and literature that we assume that everyone can be great if only they had the right teacher.
aussieconservative 1 year ago
What this man says is true education is a major factor on our countrys future its important to be knowledgable because knowledge is power though its the type person that controls it which leads to another issue corupption which is another reason we must become educated
smartpizza3 1 year ago
Stein is right that there's an education crisis. To blame the students however is ridiculous. Perhaps if our schools tried serving the needs of the student instead of the needs of the state/corporate machine, students would actually engage and embrace learning. When we use our schools to manufacture an obedient workforce instead of to empower and nurture our youth, it is we who are failing our children, not the other way around.
wldthistle 1 year ago
i think this is marijuana talking----how could these kids not know this?
49jubilee 1 year ago
@FreedomFighterReturn
Muslim girls in Malaysia under the age of 16 are allowed to get married with the permission of the Islamic court.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
He's right on target. But our education system stinks because of the parents, THEN the kids.
cesar1963able 1 year ago
@cesar1963able Yes the parents are increasingly a problem. I see more apologists now than ever before. I had a girl that worked for me until recently take Christmas eve off and boxing day due to what i thought was sickness. but she then posted on facey that she was looking forward to the boxing day sales. when i called her and asked for a medical certificate her dad got on the phone and lied for her and he tried to goad me into firing her, i didn't of course.
aussieconservative 1 year ago
@cesar1963able but on tuesday she resigned. her parents made her lie. I couldnt help but feel sorry for her she is being raised by cowardly lying scum. My parents never would have lied for me, although on occasion it would have saved me from some hard learned truths. What a lesson for an impressionable young girl, and to be taught that kind of dishonesty by your parents! Unfortunately this is becoming the norm.
aussieconservative 1 year ago
@cesar1963able Don't forget the Media which Mr. Stein was right to point out. Nothing aganist American Idol but I do find it amazing more people know singers from that show than about America or naming countries on a map. It's always nice to challenge your brain every now and then.
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jayanianjani 1 year ago
I am hella good at getting high!
purecuIt 1 year ago
The real problem in our country's education is that no one is thinking and that they are unconfident, worthless, and cowardly people. All thanks for the cold war and communism making half of our population go communist, yelling that the elite are ruining it when its actually the people who hate school that do it. Same with the weak who worry like its the end of the world.
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Frankenpalin 1 year ago
REFORM Education.
1. How much total money went to Education.
2. How much total money went to each state.
3. Where exactly is it going (Programs, Books, Computers)?
4. Eliminate all the Balogny!!!
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heartlessvietboy 1 year ago 3
Ben Stein is the most pompous, self-righteous jerk I've ever seen. Ben you are truly a shit of the first order.
707hoser 1 year ago
a guy who was in a piece of shit dishonest anti science film is wagging his finger about education? fuck this cocksucker
lockwoodisafaggot 1 year ago
Douchebaggery + Teabaggery = Ben Stein
funkyplayer4212 1 year ago
@funkyplayer4212 you do know he's a Keynesian
kubaniski 1 year ago
@FreedomFighterReturn I invite you to drop the holy books and just look up at the stars on a clear night. It's hard to disagree with stars, difficult to object to their existence. The one thing that stars do is teach us is that we are very, very small, and no supernatural being is counting our every breath, hearing our every thought, trying to get us to worship them, or going to punish us. We merely exist, we are very small, and we're not all that important, which I find very comforting.
MrJamesonStyles 1 year ago
Blame the students themselves? Fuck you Stein. The school system in the US is an abject failure, as it does not teach students to learn, think, create, or innovate, it merely shoves arbitrary facts into their heads and rates them on arbitrary test scores. It is not the fault of the students that the system they're forced into is faulty, it's the fault of morons in Ben Stein's camp who blame the students and refuse to realize that the way they grew up no longer applies in this world.
MrJamesonStyles 1 year ago
Ben Stein hates science, but wears glasses? His hipocracy is written all over his face.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago 8
@PowerAndPerception What does wearing glasses have to do with disliking science? Are you saying you have to wear glasses to like science, or be a nerd to like science? Your love for stereotyping is written all over your face.
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 Are you seriously asking me? OMG. OK, let me draw you a picture. Without science, lenses and glasses would not exist! Without glasses, he'd be fucked. Since he's not fucked, you think he'd show at least a little appreciation for science. I really can't believe you asked me that. That has to be the stupidest question I've ever been asked. Oh and the answer to your 2nd question is no.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 And regarding your final comment: "Your love for stereotyping is written all over your face."
I'd respond to that strawman properly, but I'm having trouble typing now since I'm laughing so hard my glasses keep falling off. Without them, I can't see the keyboard. Plus since my vision is so blurred I'm getting a headache. Luckily science has developed something called medicine, which thank goodness, in a few minutes can offer me relief from the painful experience of talking to you.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception When you wear glasses it's because they have to see better. Wearing glasses is not relevant to the topic of science, even though they were developed by science. And two things: 1. He never said anything about science or glasses in this video. 2. Your response has to be the least thought out reply I've ever seen. Oh and the answer to your second response is: I don't care.
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 You again? ha. OK. 1. I didn't say that he mentioned glasses, I said it! Google the term "straw man". Geesh... 2. Glasses and lenses exist as a direct result of science, that's the whole point of my comment. It's the same contradiction as someone who likes computer games, but hates technology. Can't you see that? 3. "When you wear glasses it's because they have to see better." Really? Holy shit I had no idea. Where would I be without you here to teach me such wonderful things?
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PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception Aren't you the same person who agreed with me on the men are better than women video?
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 Just to clarify one thing, when I said "I didn't say that he mentioned glasses, I said it!" What I mean is I'm the one who menntioned glasses. I did not say that Ben Stein mentoned glasses. I didn't even suggest that he mentioned them. You seemed to read what I type, and then I think something rather strange happens in your brain. Hence I feel that I must clarify what I mean when I said "I said it"
I wise man once said: "It does not matter what you think, it's HOW you think."
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 Yes, what you said on that other video was quite smart in some ways and I respect it. But your reaction to me here and the strawman of me you attacked, really pissed me off :( But I'm not the type of person who remains angry for long.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception Nor am I, so why don't we just let bye-gones be bye-gones, and forget about this.
P.S. Isn't that a wierd coincedence?
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 Meh... it's not as wierd as you might think... click on the part of my comment thats says "@VelvetWind8"
When something like this happens, I tend to have a quick look a the persons channel so that I can get a bit more info about the type of person I'm talking to. the @VelvetWind8 link also allows me to see other comments that person has made. Which is sometimes useful. You're cool.
Don't worry, I'm not stalking you. And I always wear night-vision goggles.
Forget about what?
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception I meant the feud we had with this video. Thank you for calling me cool, and I sometimes do that as well.
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@VelvetWind8 yeah I know, I was trying to be cute, (trying and failing) saying "Forget about what?" is supposed to be a cute way of saying "No problem, I've already forgot about it." :)
Stay cool.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception I will.
VelvetWind8 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception
Glasses were invented long ago. Therefore it's not science anymore. We can forget who created it. Just as the Internet was invented by the US government, yet we can rave and rant about them too and claim the US government cant do anything right. So we can conveniently forget who created what, and take things for granted.
Rao665 11 months ago
@Rao665 I disagree with you, but you do make an interesting point, maybe. I do think that lenses are still a part of the science class in schools.... prisms for example are used to teach about the spectrum. Also telescopes are still relevant. But glasses are also explained, in the science classroom.
But do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your comment?
PowerAndPerception 11 months ago
@PowerAndPerception
A Jew that hates science? You must be the Guy Ben is referring to; the one saying that the pacific Island we fought with was Germany.....
RabinoBoricuaVirtual 11 months ago
I'm in 11th grade currently, and im the only person in my 11th grade geology class of about 19 students, that knew Canada was country, everyone else thought it was a state. <.<
If that doesn't say anything, i don't know what does
rothril 1 year ago 3
@rothril That shit is fucking scary.
LexPhilogus 1 year ago