Sold A Story - How adult politics created an American illiteracy epidemic

[Nemra]

31 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The real reason kids are illiterate is because they are lazy and the schooling system is not strict enough to beat the laziness out of them.

Firstly, parents should not let kids use phones and play video games the whole day, and schools should ban phones entirely until a certain age.

Beating kids with a stick must be the last resort, however, kids must sense teachers' seriousness. Teachers must inspire kids or be loving towards them with a serious attitude.

[Thought Art]

17 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

English words are just kanji made of letters.

You can't sound out English words because English spelling is nonsensical.

This is false, and doesn't take much to show that... So no, what you are saying is false. Also, English isn't chinese our words aren't Kanji. You could treat them as such but you are limiting your understanding of the language.

[Leo Gura]

@Thought Art You are not trusting enough that the mind will figure it out along the way.

You are introducing formality which isn't necessary.

As if the mind is so stupid that it won't understand that "tion" is pronounced "shun" while memorizing words.

If the mind worked like that we would all be retarded.

Edited 10 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Basman]

Reading academic philosophical texts makes you feel like you don't know how to read as an adult. 

[Leo Gura]

Acedemic philosophers get paid by how much they confuse you. The more they confuse you, the more you will depend on them for answers, creating a neverending career for themselves.

Edited 6 hours ago by Leo Gura