Category Archives: Education

Is Re-Electing President Trump the Only Alternative to the Unutterable Madness and Decay of Wokeism?

Posted on 4 January, 2023 by alfin2101

Wokeism has taken over the US Deep State and most large social institutions in the US. The slow release of the Twitter Files by the innovative entrepreneur Elon Musk, is gradually unwrapping the ugly truth behind the government and the … Continue reading →

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A Promising Investment in a Bleak Environment

Posted on 1 February, 2022 by alfin2101

Many investors are having difficulty seeing beyond the economic demolition program being carried out by the US Biden administration*, in order to find potentially profitable investment targets. One sector that seems to stand out is the educational technology sector. Thanks … Continue reading →

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The Best Education: Kids Full Time on the Road

Posted on 9 October, 2021 by alfin2101

… as the nomadic lifestyle continues growing in popularity, more parents are introducing their kids to on-the-go home schooling, or “roam-schooling,” in order to enrich their family’s quality time and monitor what their children are learning while granting their little … Continue reading →

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Universities are Burning America to the Ground

Posted on 26 March, 2021 by alfin2101

The value has gone out of the average university education. At best, college has become a ruinously expensive four year escape from responsibility for youngsters. At worst it has become a training ground for radicals and rioters, set on a … Continue reading →

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UK Shrugs Off Chinese Coronavirus

Posted on 1 September, 2020 by alfin2101

At one stage whole intensive care units were full of Covid-19 patients, many of them on ventilators for several weeks. Again, thankfully, the numbers on ventilators have continued to fall, from 3,300 to 64. There are many ways of counting … Continue reading →

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A Gem of a Physics Video

Posted on 22 August, 2020 by alfin2101

I have been enjoying the “Nuclear Physics Explained” video course lately. While scanning YouTube for some supplementary nuclear physics videos I ran across the one above, and was impressed with its visual explanatory power. We have barely scratched the surface … Continue reading →

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An Ambitious and Diabolical Plan

Posted on 16 August, 2020 by alfin2101

UPDATE: True to form, YouTube has censored the video originally posted just below on multiple channels, for “hate speech.” The documentary is called ShadowGate. Trailer and more information here. The ShadowGate documentary should remain available online at this site The … Continue reading →

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Kids, Coronavirus, and School

Posted on 2 August, 2020 by alfin2101

The Wuhan coronavirus will be around for a long time. Custom made to easily infect humans — and to have a deadly SARS effect on susceptible (older) people — in specific populations it is both highly communicable and potentially fatal. … Continue reading →

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Are Humans Losing their Grip on Complex Thinking?

Posted on 15 June, 2020 by alfin2101

We are animals that specialize in thinking and knowing—in cognition—and our extraordinary cognitive powers have enabled us to do remarkable things. We have transformed our eating habits with agriculture and cooking, and transformed our habitats with buildings, bridges and roads. … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Development, Education, Human Brain | 4 Comments

Snowflakes Without Minds, Are They Even Human?

Posted on 5 June, 2020 by alfin2101

Definition of Generation Snowflake: The group of young people today that have the INSANE belief they have the right to NOT be offended by any of the beliefs/viewpoints of the other 7.1 billion people of this planet. When these fragile/infantile … Continue reading →

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Say Good-Bye: Universities are Diseased, and Dying

Posted on 2 June, 2020 by alfin2101

Say Good-Bye to Your College Dreams and Delusions College Isn’t College Anymore: … the coronavirus is forcing people to take a hard look at that $51,000 tuition they’re spending. Even wealthy people just can’t swallow the jagged pill of tuition … Continue reading →

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Homeschool in the Age of Wuhan CoV-19: A New Dawn?

Posted on 2 April, 2020 by alfin2101

We Are All Homeschoolers Now When politicians decided to shut the schools, they inadvertently opened the eyes of parents and students to the brave new world of homeschooling. Kids go to school for six-plus hours a day, but a lot … Continue reading →

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A Distant World: A Pandemic of Virtuality

Posted on 27 March, 2020 by alfin2101

Our closely packed cities are custom-made for spreading infectious diseases. Masses of people rubbing shoulders on sidewalks, packed like sardines in subways, clustered around conference tables sharing respiratory droplets, shaking dozens of hands a day, making those face to face … Continue reading →

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Very Cute; But Can they Think?

Posted on 4 December, 2019 by alfin2101

Only 9% of OECD Youth Can Interpret What They Read They are cute. They have lots of self esteem. But they can’t read a complex narrative and interpret the ideas. They cannot “distinguish between fact and opinion.” In the US, … Continue reading →

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Full Employment to Graduates from this Trade School

Posted on 14 November, 2019 by alfin2101

“With its old-timey rituals, rigorous scheduling, and immersive culture, Williamson has a military-school feel.” But according to the students she interviewed, the prospect of a good-paying career makes the strict rules more than worth it. __ Source “Full Employment” and … Continue reading →

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Schools are Hell on Boys

Posted on 3 November, 2019 by alfin2101

Girls read more books. They outperform boys on tests for artistic and musical ability. More girls than boys study abroad. More join the Peace Corps. At the same time, more boys than girls are suspended from school. More are held … Continue reading →

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Between 25% and 50% of Colleges Will Fail in Next 20 Years

Posted on 4 September, 2019 by alfin2101

Michael Horn is an expert on education who predicts that 25% of US colleges will fail within the next 20 years. Personally I think the number will be closer to 50%, if you include mergers as a failure of individual … Continue reading →

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6 Years to Get a 4 Year Degree in Leisure Studies

Posted on 12 August, 2019 by alfin2101

College Is a Joke A Brigham Young University economist was wondering why 6-year graduation rates at 4-year universities had been rising recently. He discovered in a roundabout way that colleges have been “dumbing down” their departments and their degrees. If … Continue reading →

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Dirty Little Secret Revealed by US SAT Scores

Posted on 12 July, 2019 by alfin2101

Some Groups are Over-Represented in Higher Education Identity politics is making a mockery out of higher education. Many are admitted to elite colleges who cannot be taught, and others who should be admitted are being discriminated against because of their … Continue reading →

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Every Day of Homeschooling is a Day Without a Utopian Socialist Indoctrination

Posted on 26 May, 2019 by alfin2101

The Overqualified Homeschooler A recent story making the rounds suggests that homeschoolers can be overqualified for many of the high-skilled, highly paid jobs which employers find it difficult to fill. My son, Spencer, decided to apply for the High Voltage … Continue reading →

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Scholastic Aptitude: Can Blacks Ever Rise to Equal Others?

Posted on 17 May, 2019 by alfin2101

The Scholastic Aptitude Test has for decades shown a stark gap between scores by black students and scores of other ethnic and racial groups. No matter what is done, nothing seems to help to even the score. Will blacks ever … Continue reading →

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Higher Education Cannot Go On Like This

Posted on 14 December, 2018 by alfin2101

Higher education needs to change, and falling enrollments are beginning to make that clearer to key players in the collegiate milieu. __ Richard Vedder Colleges are being forced into closure at increasingly rapid rates. The reasons are many, and vary … Continue reading →

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Can Social Justice Build an Abundant and Expansive Future?

Posted on 18 October, 2018 by alfin2101

Here at Al Fin, we often describe “an abundant and expansive human future,” sometimes referred to as The Next Level. “The Next Level” is a prosperous and open-ended future which will be created by “next level humans.” “Next level humans” … Continue reading →

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Universities: Destroying Lives for Ideology and Profit

Posted on 28 July, 2018 by alfin2101

Student loan debt has grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt in this nation. __ Source The general public is slowly becoming aware that colleges and universities are destroying young lives. Corrupt university officials are raking in … Continue reading →

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First Educate the Child to Thrive in the World

Posted on 2 April, 2018 by alfin2101

Then if He Wants More Schooling, He Can Pay for It An education into broad personal competence has nothing to do with a college education. College is “schooling,” and most modern degrees in the US are less valuable than a … Continue reading →

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