US Education Drops SAT

US colleges and universities are eliminating their SAT and ACT test requirements. They will base entry on grades, subjective diversity, liberal activism and ability to pay or get a loan. This will strengthen their grip on indoctrination and increase the focus on grades. They don’t want any objective criteria like ability.

Students who were born in the 1940s and graduated college in the 1960s took, IQ tests and standardized tests to measure basic skills and had to pass entrance exams to prep schools and colleges. The goal was to admit the smartest students. There were no “remedial” courses. 9.4% of the US population had BS degrees in 1965.

I was born in 1943 and graduated HS in 1961 and was at the front end of this “baby boomer” generation. I relied on my standardized test scores to track my skills. My exit exam score from college in 1965 was very high. I relied on long-term retention. My courses covered all schools of thought. It was a “classical” education.  I remembered what made sense and rejected the rest. I was the customer. I paid my own tuition in advance with my own earnings and graduated in 3.5 years.

Students who were born in the late 1960s and early 1970s known as Generation X were the last group to win entry to college with their SAT or ACT standardized test scores.  Liberal indoctrination was introduced and visible in the 1980s with gender neutral job titles they made fun of.

Following generations saw an avalanche of propaganda and indoctrination. Colleges had “remedial” courses because most students couldn’t read, write or do math. College entrance opened up to students who lacked basic skills and standards plummeted.  Now 35% of the US population have BS degrees and most of these degrees are occupationally useless. What is important is what you know that is true and useful and that can be found on the internet. The best education is self-education.

Colleges want students to rely exclusively on the fake grades they earn by accepting all Liberal indoctrination. They want students to be totally dependent on pleasing their professors. The only students who need to endure this propaganda are those pursuing occupational degrees in engineering, accounting, nursing, etc. They need to be inner-directed. Everybody else would do well to avoid colleges for now. It’s too expensive and toxic.

Through the 1800s, education was homeschooled, tutored and self–taught except for wealthy large city dwellers who established schools using the Prussian Model. US literacy was high due to home-based bible reading, book borrowing, Occupational training came from parents and apprentice programs. In families and one-room school houses established in small communities older students helped teach reading and math to younger students. Students themselves were primarily responsible for their own education. This gave students the freedom and initiative to become self-reliant.

As the Deep State took over education and assumed responsibility, student initiative was diminished and costs rose to levels that are now unsustainable for content that is highly questionable propaganda and indoctrination.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader