Is Our Educational System AnExistential Threat to Students’ Future? By Gary Null PhD Recently I watched a video on the YouTube channel A Homestead Journey called“Teachers Are DONE & Speak Out — Something Is Very Wrong With America’s Youth.”I believe the title is only partially correct. Something is indeed very wrong with a smallportion of America’s youth. But the youth are not the disease. They are the symptom.What is actually wrong is how some people are parenting.    You can read the full article on Gary Null Substack - https://garynull.substack.com/p/i-cant-do-it-alone-can-you-help-me

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Gary reads the second part of his essay Is Our Educational System An Existential Threat to Students’ Future?

Part 1 of Is Our Educational System An Existential Threat to Students’ Future?,  you can read the full article on Gary Null Substack - https://garynull.substack.com/p/is-our-educational-system-an-existential?utm_source=activity_item

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