Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Is something VERY WRONG with the country?" video.

Yes. But this video is about one of the main reasons why that happened.
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The main problem isn't the education system. It's people NOT continuing to educate themselves, on their own, throughout their adult lives. Knowledge doesn't stay intact and whole forever in our memory. We need to review, sometimes starting from scratch; we need to test ourselves on what we reviewed. And that's just for what we've already learned. We also need to be learning new things, building on what we've reviewed and learned. This is why learning on our own is the most important thing. No school can teach you everything. In fact, the job of formal education is to show us how to teach ourselves, and keep learning throughout life. And we do that by studying all subjects, reviewing what we learned once per week, testing ourselves, going back if we failed or forward if we passed...into new and more difficult concepts. This should never end. It's impossible to know everything, and so education continues forever. If we don't do this, it's like not getting out of bed for years and/or decades: but for your ability to think, instead of walk.
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@ItoldUso-f8d Empathy isn't just feelings. That's the point. It's intelligence. Empathy needs intelligence to work. And being informed facilitates empathy.
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@larryc1616 "They go hand in hand" Agreed. Empathy needs intelligence to work. And being informed facilitates empathy.
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@user-oy1wj6jg9i That's not true. Empathy and sympathy need intelligence, and are part of it. Burying and denying feelings is extremely unhealthy, and therefore not intelligent.
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It is NOT the "education and school systems." It it up to US to continue to educate ourselves, throughout adult life. Knowledge doesn't stay intact and whole forever in our memory. And expecting people to remember everything they learned in high school and college, without any review, is absurd.
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@davidlafleche1142 It has not. The miserable failure is people aren't reviewing and continually learning on the own, throughout their adult lives. The responsibility for our educational failures are ours alone.
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@pickledragonrebel It's very nature teaches us: Study, review what you studied, test yourself on what you reviewed; if you fail the test, go again; if you passed, move forward. Whatever happens in school, that's the way it goes. We alone are responsible for our failure to educate ourselves as adults: not school, not parents, not politicians. Some people just don't like accepting responsibility for what they did wrong.
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It is NOT the "education and school systems." It it up to US to continue to educate ourselves, throughout adult life. Knowledge doesn't stay intact and whole forever in our memory. And expecting people to remember everything they learned in high school and college, without any review, is absurd.
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@JeikuAnimeReview "Completely" is doing some heavy lifting there. Lives have already been lost because of it. @marilynmanchester is right when they wrote, "There are some things too important to be left to the whims of crazy state legislators." Lincoln agreed, and took the right to own people away from the states. Seems like, if you were "informed" you'd have made that connection. Maybe it's time to "learn this from a random comment."
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@ptv8113 We can't blame parents, the education system, or anyone else for OUR OWN FAILURE to continually educate ourselves in our adult life. Neither will come around to our house or apartment, to make sure we did our homework. It's up to us.
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Keep in mind, this is not just about "them." They only make up 22% of the total pop. That means there's another 30% of the pop just to reach the mean average of 50%, and another 20% on top of that to get to a "C average." So this about 70% of the country. How much are you reading and studying? What are you reading and studying? How are you exercising your brain? Because, if you don't, then you get the mental equivalent of someone who hasn't gotten out of bed for years or decades. You won't even be able to walk. That's what it's like for some 70% of the country.
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This video is not about "them." Don't act like it is. How much are you reading and studying on your own? How many books have you read in the past month? Any?
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@kimobrien. I'm talking about learning on your own. That has nothing to do with what you said.
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@kimobrien. All it takes is an hour a two per day, not counting weekends. With that you can exercise your brain. As for the homeless, we're not really talking about that. We're talking about an informed citizenry. In some states, they can vote. And, if they do, they need to be sharp enough to distinguish between facts and misinfo: which is what we're really talking about here.
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@samspade5648 Thank you. I'm glad someone understands. :)
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@Ikkeligeglad "you can have empathy without having much education so..." Some people can pick up a thing naturally. Most people can't. And some people do a thing pretty good (like me trying to play pool), but need a lot of work on it to be any good. Intellectual exercise makes empathy easier. It doesn't guarantee it. Also, seems most people want to avoid any intellectual exercise whatsoever.
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@Ikkeligeglad "Empathy is something you experience as a child and copy before you get to school" "Empathy is something you experience as a child and copy before you get to school" If you're going to try to refute what I say, you'll need to do better than "nuh uh." Empathy is not a simple thing, like learning to tie your shoe laces. You are looking through the eyes of someone else, looking with their experience, not yours. Unless the child is some sort of Buddha prodigy, that isn't going to happen by "copying." And it certainly won't happen before you go to Kindergarten. If it was that simple, the vast majority of people would have picked it up, and we'd see it being practiced all around us. That's not happening. You may get some instinct, or understanding as a child (like I did). But to practice it takes a honed intelligence, wisdom, and humility. Also, unless you have a source, then your "quoting psychologists" really doesn't amount to much.
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@DeathAndTaxesAbolitionist "Why are the so many 'educated' people that can't pay off their student loans?" If you were educated and had taken out a student loan, you'd know the answer. Also, if you were educated, you could look it up.
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@rickywade5964 It's not just "seeing." Look up the def. It's sharing. Sharing! And it isn't just their point of view, but their emotions, their mental state, their motivations. That requires you to not see through your eyes, but theirs; to think as they do. And being outside your own life and mind in that way requires intelligence, wisdom, compassion, and humility. Intelligence: because that doesn't happen naturally, but through thought, concentration, and a healthy well-ordered mind. And that comes from mental discipline: i.e., intelligence. Otherwise, everyone could do it.
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@coolbanana165 Well said. Especially that last sentence.
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@Borderose "You can't spare empathy for others when you and your own can't even buy basic necessities without paying an arm and a leg." You mean YOU can't. Why is an excuse necessary for you? Just don't feel anything. Problem solved. Why try to act like you would feel empathy and kindness, if not for the price of eggs?
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Being educated in school doesn't solve everything: very little, in fact. The solution lies in continually educating ourselves, on our own, throughout life. That is mental exercise. And without exercise, we're out of shape...and so easily fooled.
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This isn't just about RedHat crowd. They're not even one-fourth of the total pop. That means an additional 30% of the country has below average intelligence. If you aren't exercising your brain today, like you were still in school, this applies to you.
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