During the sixties, so-called experts promoted something called “new math.” This spirit transformed America’s classrooms. Other disciplines soon followed. English became Language Arts. History and Government were combined into Social Studies. The library morphed into the Media Center. Science kept the same name, but instruction radically changed. Computer screens are now the sign of modern education.
Some subjects were eliminated. Handwriting instruction, Home Economics, Driver’s Education, and most Business courses are things of the past.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/02/important-new-research-indicates-that-students-learn-more-from-books-than-computer-screens/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/01/inspired-by-their-warrior-mascot-a-pennsylvania-school-board-turns-back-a-leftist-invasion/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/12/even-if-schools-deny-it-children-and-adults-need-to-learn-to-write-in-cursive/.
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During the sixties, so-called experts promoted something called “new math.” This spirit transformed America’s classrooms. Other disciplines soon followed. English became Language Arts. History and Government were combined into Social Studies. The library morphed into the Media Center. Science kept the same name, but instruction radically changed. Computer screens are now the sign of modern education.
Some subjects were eliminated. Handwriting instruction, Home Economics, Driver’s Education, and most Business courses are things of the past.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/02/important-new-research-indicates-that-students-learn-more-from-books-than-computer-screens/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/01/inspired-by-their-warrior-mascot-a-pennsylvania-school-board-turns-back-a-leftist-invasion/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/12/even-if-schools-deny-it-children-and-adults-need-to-learn-to-write-in-cursive/.
Thank you for listening.
America Needs To Sort Through The Disastrous Foreign Policy Decisions Inspired By Henry Kissinger
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America Needs To Sort Through The Disastrous Foreign Policy Decisions Inspired By Henry Kissinger
Usually, Americans tend to ignore foreign policy. It is messy and tricky and difficult to understand. However, the death of Henry Kissinger last month recalled one of the few periods that foreign policy was on the newspapers’ front pages.
For those born since the disastrous Vietnam War, if may be difficult to understand why Dr. Kissinger was so famous. His short stature, homely face, and thick German accent would seem to inspire ridicule rather than respect.
However, those who lived through that time wanted to see an end to the war. They also wanted reassurance that World War III would never happen. Henry Kissinger’s presence seemed to promise that these ends would be achieved.
The current situation in both China and Russia shows that Kissinger's happy talk of detente made promises and implied a future that has not come to pass. Indeed, Russia provoked the first European war since World War II and China became ever more militant.
This podcast explores those realities.
The second essay, by Mr. Julio Loredo, is richly footnoted. Interested listeners can see his sources of information by activating this link - https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/04/can-russia-and-nato-co-operate-vladimir-putin-says-no-it-is-time-for-the-facts/. The other two essays can also be read in their original formats by using https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/12/the-disastrous-kissinger-era-comes-to-an-end/ and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/05/xi-jinpings-threats-to-taiwan-highlight-the-dangers-of-americas-fictional-one-china-policy/.
Thank you for listening.
The Return to Order Moment
During the sixties, so-called experts promoted something called “new math.” This spirit transformed America’s classrooms. Other disciplines soon followed. English became Language Arts. History and Government were combined into Social Studies. The library morphed into the Media Center. Science kept the same name, but instruction radically changed. Computer screens are now the sign of modern education.
Some subjects were eliminated. Handwriting instruction, Home Economics, Driver’s Education, and most Business courses are things of the past.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/02/important-new-research-indicates-that-students-learn-more-from-books-than-computer-screens/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2024/01/inspired-by-their-warrior-mascot-a-pennsylvania-school-board-turns-back-a-leftist-invasion/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/12/even-if-schools-deny-it-children-and-adults-need-to-learn-to-write-in-cursive/.
Thank you for listening.
