I feel that this altruism, is an intrinsic element of human nature, a very natural thing. I'm worried about my niece and nephew's generation too. One is 10, and the other is 8, and it's a strange time to be that age. For example, I asked my neighbors kid (I'm friends with the parents,) he's in the third grade - If they're trying to teach them in school that men can become women, and women can become men. He said they were, and they even went as far as to assign the kids a science experiment to try and figure out how it could be possible, giving them the premise that it was entirely possible, and they just had to "figure out how," to complete the experiment successfully. Which - is super evil, of course, for a lot of reasons, not to mention morally and ethically wrong.

Yes!! me too! I grew up playing the violin, and listening to classical music, and other stuff that was available back in the days of radio and cassette tapes.

Agree fully on that point, and as far as what can we do? Well yeah it's certainly rough. I think the best thing is to keep developing minds away from technology, but that's just me. It stunts their emotional growth, on so many levels, and generates behavioral problems of other sorts, as well as creating literal neurological issues in their developing brains, re wiring a great many things, that simply should not be that way.

We certainly do!

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I don't have kids but if I did, they would be homeschooled I think. I'm not born in the US. I came to North America for college. I grew up in Morocco. So my schooling was there. When I compare it to my niece's, I think what they teach them at school here is not enough. I had the same issue with her about Sex and gender issues when she was 5. What does a 5 year old know. She's 12 know. At her age I was able to solve the equation of the atomic bomb (without knowing what it was of course).

I check her manuals and it's very weak compared to MY education. It's just sad to me!

Can relate to this, growing up in a household with a fully Egyptian dad and a mom that wanted me to succeed in life. I was given constant augmentation to the "western" education, music, books, books, books, books, books, chess, chess, chess, extra curricular activities, and so on - I never really had any time to turn into a bad kid! Still, back to your point, it's an intentionally broken system, and by design as you're well aware. You're highly intelligent, and I sincerely appreciate that.

Where did you end up going to college, and may I ask what you studied out of sheer and natural curiosity?

There is also a great disparity between education even across the united states, for example in 1st grade, I was learning Spanish, in Illinois. When we moved to California, they did not offer foreign language until high school, but at least I started off with algebra in junior high school, and then geometry in 9th grade, alebra 2 trigonometry in 10th, precalculus in 11th (which I failed due to a terrible teacher), so I took it again in senior year with the same teacher to prove her wrong, and sat one desk behind the previous year's seating assignment. 😂.

It is sad.