Ignorance and Politics in the USA.

The price for abandoning reason, knowledge, science and education as a whole plus When the knowledgeable ones, do not count or what they say is ignored and almost considered treason,

The price you pay is a nation of inequalities. A nation full of hate. A nation full of fear. .... and a generation to be lost.

65 Million Americans With Criminal Records Face Unprecedented Barriers to Employment. (By: National Employment Law Project- NELP).
- In Chicago, for instance, nearly 80 percent of working-age African American men had criminal records in 2002.

In USA society by Dec. 2010:

80% believes in god If a candidate says he has other faith than the christian is 100% sure he/she will not get to be a candidate.
60% doubt evolution is true.
Most conservatives do not believe in global warming and are against stem cell research and abortion.
2.3 million people in prison; 25% with criminal record, 67.5% of Recidivism
1.5 million children are home schooled 2.9% of the total population. In the United Kingdom is Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Less than 1% use it. The rest of the developed world is illegal and Public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Does not have universal health care system. The rest of the developed world, does.

REFERENCES:

NELP's report can be downloaded at http://www.nelp.org/page/-/65_Million_Need_Not_Apply.pdf?nocdn=1

Other reports researched for this video can be found here:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/four-americans-believe-strict-creationism.aspx

http://www.alternet.org/belief/152349/why_the_anti-science_creationist_moveme...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_international_status_and_statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_in_the_United_States

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Looking only at felony arrests, Blumstein and Graddy found that one out of every four males living in a large city could expect to be arrested for a felony at some time in his lifetime.

When broken down by race, however, a nonwhite male was three and a half times more likely to have a felony arrest on his record than was a white male.

Whereas only 14% of white males would be arrested, 51 % of nonwhite males could anticipate being arrested for a felony at some time during their lifetimes.

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[rollofnickles]

applause, and a tip of my hat to you, sir. Eat from the Tree of Knowledge.

[jolulipa]

@rollofnickles Thank you.

[PlanetBongoSan]

"if you think education is expensive..." that's a great quote my friend

[jolulipa]

@PlanetBongoSan I thought nobody would notice... I am happy to be proven wrong. Thank you.

[PlanetBongoSan]

this is so true and timely also. Audio is a little hard to understand in places though. Still the more people making these realisations the better! respect to you

[jolulipa]

@PlanetBongoSan Trying to improve in sound and in accent. Is a learning curve, I hope to conquer soon. Bear with me please.

[WildwoodClaire1]

Science illiteracy, bordering on a pride in ignorance, is destroying my country.

[rollofnickles]

@MomoTheBellyDancer Sorry to hear that, like singer Harry Nilsson, I recommend---you put the lime in the coconut, and drink it all up----put the line in the coconut drink them both together

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

@rollofnickles

". Eat from the Tree of Knowledge. "

I tried that, but it gave me indigestion.

[jolulipa]

@nanoday1 I am not criticizing home schooling per se. I am criticizing the main reason, Americans do home schooling: Religion. My country is a third world country and public education is deficient, so I have to send my children to private school (that is not so expensive as in other countries). My reason is to get better quality. The USA shows its ignorance, when most of the time, parents home school children to indoctrinate them into their personal religion. That is just plain wrong.

[nanoday1]

From grade school through most of high school I was home schooled. As a university student I've been reasonably successful. I am currently considering graduate school.

Although I can understand the value of mandatory public education, I don't think the answer in the United States is as simple as making public education mandatory. Public schools are often very poor, and I feel that before public education becomes mandatory, we need to address the current problems surrounding it.

[nanoday1]

Home schooling is often better than going to a public school. If you live in a bad school district, sending your kids/going to a public school can mean subjecting yourself/your kids to poor teaching and undesirable social influence. It can be damaging both socially and academically depending on the situation.

Of course, thinking that home schooling is better for a religious reason is not objective. Letting your religion define education for yourself or for another person is irresponsible.