The education establishment doesn’t want competition.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN8urWXJuYw

What I learned:

On math tests, Success Academy kids outperform every school in New York state.

LaMae de Jongh is Success Academy’s Chief Schooling Officer. Our black and Hispanic students outperformed their peers by double, triple percent in their math. By peers, you include the rich kids in the suburbs? Yes.

The chain wants to offer its magic to more kids, but they aren’t allowed to. New York limits the number of charter schools. When progressive democrats are in charge, they shut some charters down. The highest performing school in the state. 

The education establishment doesn’t want competition. Education advocates say charter schools are not the answer. 

Unlike many public schools  Success offers dance and other activities. It’s not schoolwork all the time. Chess, debate, theater, music.  Those aren’t add-ons,  those are part of our day.  

As a taxpayer the funding per student comparison was shocking - success at 17 K the public system at 35 K  - talk about getting more for less !!!

Religious Political Ethnic Personality Cults that by Actions and Hate Kill masses of Humanity

https://bigthink.com/the-present/four-cult-recruitment-techniques/

Religious political ethnic personality cults that by actions and hate kill masses of humanity sometimes sacrificing all of their own members.

What I learned:

Cult followers have invested money, time, emotion and reputation. 

Cult followers may have sacrificed their family, friends, job, church and lifestyle to follow the manipulating devil. 

In their corrupted minds they can not give up all that they have done.

Basic appeals of logic, reason or humanity don't work with the controlled cult followers. 

You will need extra help to reach them and free them from their downward spiral.

On a global scale:

Competing "cult leaders" from 1930 to 1945 - Hitler, Hirohito, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Mussolini

Competing "cult leaders" from 2010 to ???? - Putin, Xi, .....

WW2 killed over 100 million

WW3 will kill over 1 billion

History shows that with 1 individual "cult leader" - the world looks and laughs

When the 1st "cult leader" builds an army the neighboring competing "cult leaders" use fear to gain power - "we have to protect ourselves".

When there are 3 or more "cooperating cult leaders" - the end result has always been war - check any real history.

Any "cult leader" that hates one or more particular group or says we have to protect ourselves by killing is working to corrupt and kill mankind.

Individuals, countries and all of mankind will suffer huge losses again by not learning from history.

Video that Names and Explains Psychological Traps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MChqrjv4YFI

In the comments from a reader
 Listed Psychological traps in video:

1. Ostrich effect: When you ignore negative information just because it makes you nervous or anxious 2. Inability to close doors: Fear of missing out. You continue to do something in spite of discomfort or loss. To overcome, Focus on one thing. 3. Contrast effect: When you value something more because you have seen something worse. Or vise versa. To overcome this, evaluate things independently 4. Chauffeur knowledge: Believing someone who acts smart, but is not wise actually, like a parrot. To overcome, Ask deeper questions 5. IKEA effect: you value something more, just because you did it. To overcome, Get feedback. 6. Curse of specificity: Giving unnecessarily more importance to an irrelevant information . 7. Spotlight effect: Becoming anxious that thers are noticing you. Know that they are not interested in you. 8. Halo effect: When your impression in one area effects your decision in other areas. Separate events. 9. Reciprocity: Acting out of obligation. 10. Self serving bias: You take responsibility of success but not of failure. Practice taking responsility. 11. Diderot effect: One action leads to unnecessary other actions or spending like buying a car - Spiral effect. Be mindful. 12. Anchoring effect: First option becomes very important for future comparison. 13. Negativity bias: When you focus more on negatives. Consciously focus on positives 14. Sunk cost fallacy: Keep doing something just because you invested in it. Focus on future returns instead. 15. Paradox of choices: Inability to Choose because options are too many, like ordering from 50 dishes. Reduce and simplify 16. Framing effect: Presentation influences your decision making. E.g. 90% chance of success vs 10% chance of failure. 17. End of history illusion: Thinking who you (or they) are now is who you (or they) will ever be.. 18. Pygmalion effect: Reduced time improves performance. 19. Consistency effect: Find someone who thinks you are accountable. 20. Planning fallacy: Underestimate some task as easy. Do thorough homework instead. 21. Confirmation bias: Notice things that you already believe. Challenge your own views instead. 22. Bandwagon effect: Following the crowd. Respect your needs more. 23. Dunning Kruger effect: Overestimating your own abilities. Consult experts insead. 24. Loss aversion: Fear of failure overwhelms the chance of success. 25. Decoy effect: Prefer a thing because its better than the worse. Choosing a medium popcorn because it seems cheaper than bigger one. Evaluate things on their own merit instead of comparing them with others. 26. Availability heuristic: judge the likelihood of event based on how easily you remember them. Like news bombardment. 27. Gamblers fallacy: Believe that Past events somehow effect future one. Like if you have lost 10 coin tosses, you are going to win the next one. 28. Hindsight bias: I knew it attitude. 29. Reactance bias: Tendency to do the opposite of what is told. Because obeying looks like a threat to my freedom. 30. Action bias: Inability to wait and act hastily without information or preparation. Be patient instead. 31. Survivorship bias: Only notice success and forget the efforts it takes. Research both sides 32. Unity principle: Trust a person or product more because he is from your group or state or culture etc. 33. Zeigarnik effect: Remember incomplete tasks more than the completed ones. Plan instead. 34. Bystander effect: Not taking action and standing by. Be specific in asking and giving help. 35. Ambiguity effect: Tendency to avoid choices that look unfamiliar. 36. Curse of knowledge: Assuming that others know what you know without validation. Put yourself in their shoes instead. 37. Illusion of averages: Illusion of believing that average numbers reveal truth. Dig deeper. 38. Endowment effect: Valuing something just because you own them. See from an outsider perspective.

What I learned:

What a trap or snare is.

What a fallacy or fake conclusion is.

Accepted vocabulary to describe situations, actions or non actions.

Accepted vocabulary to describe influences, bias and characteristics.

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