Education Forensics: English Class Room 108 Podcast

The presidential debate “surprised” many, particularly the condition of Pres. Biden. The Chevron Deference decision has outraged the Donor Class, and the unthinking MSNBC/CNN masses who need their opinions fed to them. Naturally, these reactions are the things to analyze. The Chevron decision, links to the 114 page PDF: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf This is a public e...

The Six Lesson Schoolteacher: https://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit educationforensics.substack.com/subscribe

Jaime Escalante: Master Teacher, Envious System https://www.lewrockwell.com/2010/04/gary-north/killing-the-spirit-of-learning/ The Marva Collins Story: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WMA736 Stand and Deliver Revisited The untold story behind the famous rise -- and shameful fall -- of Jaime Escalante, America's master math teacher. https://reason.com/2002/07/01/stand-and-deliver-revisited-2/...

There is a new phenomenon out there. We are seeing many videos of people in their 20’s, mostly women, who are angry about being financially unable to participate in what was once regular American life. They’re told that if they do things right and play by the rules, they’ll be fine. Not so fast. If you check out housing prices, inflation, property tax, city tax, state tax, federal tax, college tui...

“Do what you love”. This is the worst advice you could give to a young person. “You can change the world”. No you can’t. Perhaps we should work on grammar and knowing at what temperature water freezes first. Our young people need good, solid, valuable instruction. They don’t need useless, pointless, and misguided (even dangerous) sayings to cloud their minds. Here are some of the latest ‘passionat...

The discussion today is about how the fad of the day will always come first. Then, sometime later, the things that matter come to the fore. Mentioned in this podcast : Here is Dean Russell telling the NEA that the rabble (that’s you) simply cannot learn the stuff that the top of the pyramid learn. The book is Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States By David Nas...

This is the kind of message I bring to teenagers. They (we) get taught, trained, if you will, to obsess about things out of our control. World events are put on our doorstep and you’re not only told what to think about them, you’re told to argue with your friend about it on FakeBook. This is nonsense. Keeping things under control means having discipline with yourself, your thoughts, and your devic...

It’s “Persuasive Presentation” time of the year for the 12th graders. My SUPA class has woken up! We were discussing controversial topics, running down the list of things that are traditionally on the docket. The discussion was, as it has been over the years, wonderful, as these students haven’t been poisoned by corporate media. Their b******t-ometers aren’t broken. We discussed things that would...

When I recorded this a few days ago, Bitcoin (BTC) had hit an all time high of $73K per bitcoin. It’s hovering in the high $60K’s for the time being. One thing to keep in mind - Bitcoin is not Crypto. As the West’s, particularly the USA and Canada’s finances get manipulated and bastardized by the twisted oddballs who run the place, regular people will always search for a safe haven. I know I do. I...

Not too long after Sports Illustrated got busted for using AI to write crappy, woke sports articles, then went bust, Vice Media went down - badly: Am I celebrating hundreds of people losing their jobs? Yes. Why would I do something so unfeeling, so terrible, so awful and crass? Because the people at Vice were some of the people to tell the blue collar workers and coal miners in Appalachia and othe...

Serendipity is one of those wonderful, uncontrollable things. We were out at a local place here in the Bronx, and I met a youth football coach. He went into great detail about how young people today are more difficult to coach. Instead of the incessant complaining about ‘today’s kids’, he explained his approach to teaching and coaching. “You can only be what you can see”. His coaching style has ad...

When someone says to you something ‘doesn’t work’ or ‘this is the best way’, ask them why. People often repeat what they’ve heard or read in Corporate Media. In this podcast I discuss a student who showed up late to my class, in early November, and has re-entered the System. It’s a unique story. Mt. Vernon HS Room 108 - February 2024 TOUR: Here is a short video and some pictures of how the room lo...

In “Year 2, on the 9th of Thermidor”, things fell apart for the Revolutionary Elite (notice how they called themselves ‘The committee of Public Safety’, and rewrote the time and the entire calendar). They always tell you that they’re going to ‘keep you safe’. It’s possible we have a shift of these proportions in the wings: Nesta Webster’s book is one of the few that goes into the grisly details, a...

This podcast was spurred by a discussion / lesson with the 12th graders in my SUPA Public Speaking class. The topics we’re taught, the way we’re taught, what we’re told is important - many of these are “Narratives” that shape the way we think. People are persuaded by easily digestible stories. When someone goes against, or refutes the Narrative / Story, oftentimes people get dum tite. You see what...

I came across this quote while reading Dave Collum’s year end letter: Despite the opening semi-rant at the beginning of the podcasts, the quote spurred some things that I routinely share at MVHS. Many of you on the list will remember. Here is room 108 at MVHS as I left it on Dec. 22nd: This came across my Xitter feed. My original account is still permabanned, but I saw this on my new one: Merry Ch...

It’s easy to see that there are some explosive and divisive events going on in not only the world, but the USA. How do I talk about these things? In this podcast I speak in the way I speak to students, and take a look at current day shenanigans. There were some issues with the transcription, so I will put the print version of the transcript below : “Hello everyone, this week in Schule, brought to...

The current Narrative is that AI is the most amazing thing ever. It will solve problems, fix what’s broken, and be the answer to all of our social and economic problems. That’s one Narrative anyway. The other Narrative is that it will bring about a horrific dystopia, with the Terminator movie franchise resembling Mr. Rogers Neighborhood compared to what’s actually in store. I don’t see either of t...

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The Uniparty Industrial Complex got FOX News to turf Tucker Carlson. Why in the world would the network’s biggest draw get the axe? In this podcast we cover some of the issues around the firing, the narrative, as well as some of the more plausible reasons. The book I was trying to remember later in the podcast is “Tragedy and Hope”, by Carroll Quigley. Prof. Quigley was an insider, and he spilled...

Reminder: we have a trip to Spain scheduled for early July. See more here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit educationforensics.substack.com/subscribe

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“The Bet” – Anton Chekhov - - followed by “The Shawshank Redemption” “The Bet” – Audiobook: Learning target : How do Anton Chekhov and other writers begin short stories? Do Now : Introduction to “The Bet.” * Here’s the deal – in order to get $35 million , you must spend 15 YEARS inside a semi comfortable cell, with all of your basic needs taken care of. You get the internet (a laptop with no camer...