New Rule: The United States of Dumb-merica | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

The most frightening answer came from the woman who said "I should know this, I'm going to be a teacher." Dear God, help us.

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin

As my Dad likes to say: "The scary thing is that their vote counts just as much as mine!"

I graduated high school about 2 years ago with a slightly below-average GPA of 3.2/4.0. Now, out of the people that I know from my graduating class I was one of the only ones who could tell you the date that Pearl Harbor was attacked or in some cases even worse when 9/11 happened. Another example is working in the banking field now, I should not be instructing people who have a bachelor's degree how to write a professional email when I'm only a high school graduate. It feels like the education system attempted to lower the bar but ended up removing it entirely.

I heard my 22 year old brother in law literally say once "Capitalism sucks." and "I wanna start my own business" in the same breath. The dumbing down of America is a very real thing.

I am a teacher and I concur with this message. Teachers are expected to “entertain” students versus teach them. The kids are awful, exceptionally disrespectful, disinterested in learning, and addicted to their phones. It’s sad. Most of the issues extend to the home where parents are not being parents. They are busy “living their best life”. Our education system is in serious trouble if we don’t get back to holding students accountable versus worrying about a kids feelings.

In my 20 years of education the issue has rarely been the students but parents and the broken system in which we are asked to work. It’s disheartening

Having worked at a public school during the pandemic, I can tell you one sad fact: parents don’t want teachers to actually teach, they want tax-funded babysitters. They wanted their kids back in the buildings asap so that they could get back to work, because kids at home caused too much disruption to parent’s’ schedules. I’m not blaming these parents, it’s just a sad indication of the world we live in

Idiocracy wasn't a comedy, It was a documentary.

I quit my job as a professor because I could no longer stand the unrelenting pressure to pass nursing and pre-med students that could not write a complete sentence, of having to look the other way as students cheated and God forbid should a minority student say that I was unfair. It's pathetic. Today you can graduate with a science degree and literally be semi-illiterate. This country is screwed!

Bill Maher show never disappoints we love them

This is what happens when you don't value education.

An old school quote: "Ignorance can be educated and crazy can be medicated but there's no cure for stupid".

As a teacher myself, I can tell you exactly why this is happening. The education system has completely failed them. Teachers are no longer allowed to teach. Kids can no longer be held accountable and are passed without getting them the help they need. Too much focus has been put on demographics and kids can no longer be disciplined. Kids are not being taught that actions have consequences and if kids aren't being taugh that lesson, then you're not teaching them anything. We have to accept that not all kids are the same and need to provide the appropriate learning environment for kids that have needs beyond what can be provided in the typical classroom.

Looking to be saved by politicians is like depending on the stars for the lucky Powerball numbers

Brilliant as always. And what a joy to see Douglas Murray!

If you're parent, one of the best things you can do for your child's education is to buy a globe and have it in the house. It doesn't have to be an expensive one, but having simple things like globes and atlases and dictionaries and things like that in the home really makes a positive difference when it comes to learning.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that there are limits to genius.” -Albert Einstein

my hope is that 99% of the people being asked those basic questions got it right but weren't included for obvious reasons.

"Stop The Madness, Stop Melanie Stansbury!" Still gets me😂😂