Kenneth Udut El Ch* I was 8 yrs old when I first noticed the
   bullshit in TV ads. I'm watching my 9 yr old nephew going
   through similar thinking processes as I did and I'm glad. I want
   him to have a good bullshit detector; not just to have something
   to complain about... but to be *aware* of the maze he's being
   pulled through as he's being pulled through it. Common Core in
   math has been creeping its way into his school and homework;
   with its "grit" based confusion tactics. [break down the
   soldiers and we can rebuild them] all surrounded by lots of
   otherwise agreeable notions (standards of education etc)... I
   don't like when people are treated like statistics - heck, I
   don't even like when STATISTICS are treated like statistics but
   anyway... yeah, if I could give *any* kind of training to kids,
   it would be a bullshit detector. This is why I'm a *huge fan* of
   children's TV programming. The subversives like us who want to
   change the world for kids: Where are they? Making cartoons for
   kids. And they're doing a great job, through comedy of
   introducing "hey guess what, there's bullshit out there". And
   anime does a great job of deconstructing mythological structures
   and the philosohpies within, allowing kids to really think for
   themselves (in a mythological fashion) of what they believe
   about life and such. 3 mins * Like * 1 Kenneth Udut Huge credit
   goes to Amazing World of Gumball and Fairly Oddparents; there's
   a lot of wonderfully subversive themes in there - he'll show me
   his favorite parts on youtube and stuff; and as I watch them and
   laugh I think, "Good good.. he's not going to become any kind of
   societal zombie" Just now * Edited * Like