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I love this statement:

"Their worst nightmare becomes reality:

People learning without asking permission."

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Anne - I loved this one:

“When natural learning emerges, artificial control becomes impossible.”

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And watch the number of drug addicted children plummet to zero. Watch the number of children on pharmaceutical drugs plummet. Watch the existential malaise that now plagues our youth begin to heal.

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02/17/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw !!! I hope you're right. Something to look forward to. How many died before the "recovery" number that we're looking at today?

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Are you the Don Reed from Idyllwild? If so, good to see you here and reading the same stuff Alfred and I have been reading.

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02/20/25: Alas, I am not. Not even from Idlewood Airport (former name of JFK Airport NYC). Just an average joe from nj. Goive my regards to Alfred! Not That Don

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This is why I subscribed to this stack. Your writing is future thinking, yet includes the past. We can once again be great if we get the unions out of the way. Let the parents drive the education. Let the parents decide what is best for their child's mind. My sons both read voraciously. They created whole libraries in our home of things they had read. When they got into school it was not a challenge to them because they were advanced and the curriculum teaches to the lowest level stifling creativity and learning. Great story, it will happen.

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02/17/25: My guess is that before long, "school" bored them to tears.

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Yes in fact my oldest was in 1st grade and was not wanting to go to school because he did not see the significance of it because he had done all that already. We talked with the school and they allowed him to skip to third grade. And my youngest only took ap classes. The oldest was a lazy "school" learner.

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This is wonderful. The beauty of just reading about getting rid of all the hassle, indifference, and mind numbing rules that have no basis in reality or nature, thinking of what can be with this oppressive bureaucracy stifled and finally gone is awesome. Those of us who have teachers in the family know what they can do when unfettered by stupid and restrictive "regulations." Bravo to Trump for opening this campaign to free the minds of our children.

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I call it Open Source Education................OSE

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Masters teaching apprentices using hands-on training ... how I learned most of the skills that have kept food on our table for decades.

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Hope. Like a small sprout needs nurturing. Keep writing about transformation, life within learning.

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Great read EKO

All five of my kids were homeschooled.

I was blessed with a great school system growing up.

As an Education Major, I pray there is a way to right the ship.

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If all else fails, there are Classical Conversation programs hosted in many reformed churches across the fruited plain ... which welcome skilled and honest teachers without agendas.

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So sad to think about the millions of potentials stifled by corrupt public education and their unions.

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Department of Ed Counts Its Days

https://eagleforum.org/publications/chr/department-of-ed-counts-its-days.html

For more than four decades, Eagle Forum and the conservative movement have called for the Department of Education to be abolished. Since its opening in 1979, radical teachers unions, and leftist politicians have used this agency to push their political ideology into America’s classroom and overstep states’ rights. Young minds have been poisoned, parents’ rights have been eroded and test scores have failed to improve. The pandemic allowed parents to see exactly what their kids were (and sadly were not) learning for the first time in years. In response, they showed up at school board meetings to demand changes in the education system. President Donald Trump has been fulfilling his promises to make American education great again in recent weeks.

Last week, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released their latest results, and they are jarring. NAEP found that 70% of 8th graders were below proficient in reading and 72% in math. Among 4th graders, 40% could not meet the basic reading proficiency levels. They cite a number of reasons this has occurred including school shutdowns during the pandemic, high rates of absenteeism, and mental health issues. When schools spend billions on mental health curriculums, programs, and professionals, and the result is failing mental health and failing academics, something needs to change!

One of President Trump’s campaign promises was to shut down the Department of Education. In a video outlining ten principles of his education plan, he said,

If you don't belong to your state chapter please do so.

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Transgender ‘Jesus’ Art Causes Outrage at Tennessee University

https://www.toddstarnes.com/values/transgender-jesus-art-causes-outrage-at-tennessee-university/ OUTRAGE.

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Penny Schwinn Listed Among University of Florida Admin Allegedly Hired for Unreasonable Salaries by Anti-Trump Ben Sasse

https://tennesseestar.com/education/penny-schwinn-listed-among-university-of-florida-admin-allegedly-hired-for-unreasonable-salaries-by-anti-trump-ben-sasse/tpappert/2025/02/14/

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There might just be a little hope for humanity left!

But only I am afraid if we all stand up and demand the Evil Ones stop SPRAYING US WITH POISON CHEM / NANOTECHNOLOGY AND INJECTING / MANDATING HUMANITY WITH POISON VACCINES and GENE 🧬 TECHNOLOGY / NANOTECHNOLOGY MRNA / Covid Jabs!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If only this will come true!

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Oh, EKO, I have goose bumps. If only this comes to fruition. So many things happening, but this may arguably be the most important. "Teacher, leave those kids alone."

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Don’t know who you are, but your writing and content are stunning. Thank you.

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I don’t know who you are. Some have suggested a member of the DOGE team. If so, thank you so very much for what you all are doing!

And thank you for your beautiful, encouraging writings!

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