051 School News! (#4b): The Mainstream Media: Parrots On the Shoulders of Pirates
School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
English - July 17, 2010 22:51 - 1 minute - 1.77 MB - ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education homeschooling unschooling school alternatives self-directed learning critical thinking media literacy indoctrination Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Most of this show was my original attempt to begin the Kids Are Not Defective Series, but it just turned into a rant about the mainstream media.
A couple months ago I decided to watch a little cable news. MSNBC to be precise. They were running a story/series called "V Is For...Violence." It focused on the inability of adolescents to handle the stimulation they get from the technology of today.
From Scientific American:
Bully or Victim? More Similar Than We Might Think
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