572. Navigating Education, Ideology, and Children | Answer the Call
8/18/202558 min
Dr. Peterson discusses education challenges, praising homeschooling over the flawed K-12 system, exploring new learning models, and stressing critical thinking in a world dominated by low-attention span media environments. He also highlights the importance of teacher passion, character development, and guiding young adults toward responsibility and purpose.
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First 90 secondsJordan Peterson· Host0:00
Is it education or is it child warehousing? The answer is, mostly it's child warehousing. I think that the K through 12 education system has become... Is it irredeemably corrupt? Likely.
Oxana0:13
(instrumental music plays) How do I raise my children with strong critical thinking and moral clarity in a cultural environment where wokeness pretty much became cultural hegemony?
Jordan Peterson· Host0:27
Most of the time, people who are educating have no idea. They have no idea what literature is for. You're not gonna be able to motivate and teach people if that's how shallow your knowledge is. What you're doing as a teacher, often, is setting the motivational frame and dramatizing. "This grips me. This is important. It's vital. Here's why." That's the world manifesting itself in accordance with your interest.
Michaela Peterson· Host0:50
Hey, it's Michaela, and I'm back with my dad for Answer The Call, where we take live questions from you guys, and Dad mainly answers them, but I'll pipe in from time to time. Today, we're talking about a topic that should matter to everyone: how do we navigate the modern education system? So this should be spicy. Up first, we have Joshua in Florida.
Jordan Peterson· Host0:54
Hey, Joshua.
Joshua0:54
Hi, good to talk to you guys, both of you. We have been homeschooling our older son since 2020. He's almost 10 now. I'm super happy with the results. But, I'm kind of biased and very close to it, and I was wondering if you could perhaps steel man the case of sending, sending him to a traditional style school, maybe now, maybe when he's older, um, just so I'm, can be more honestly doing the cost-benefit analysis. It's not about me. It's about him.
Jordan Peterson· Host0:54
Well, you are already, at least to some degree, considering him in the equation, because you said that he's an avid... You implied that he was an avid and, and satisfied participant in what is happening. And so, that's a certain amount of objective evidence. Let, let's say, assuming that you have other observers who agree, and that might be your wife. What I would wonder immediately is, does he ha- have peers and friends, and is he participating in anything that's part of the broader social contract outside the family?
Michaela Peterson· Host0:54
Like extracurriculars.
Jordan Peterson· Host0:54
Well, exactly, exactly. And like, the only potential benefit to him going into the dismal school system is that he meets people his own age, he starts to socialize with his peers, and you can assess whether he can conduct himself in the broader social world. Like, your role as a parent, right from the beginning, is to help your child, encourage your child to become maximally socially desirable. And I don't mean obsessed with popularity. I mean the sort of person that other people rely on and open doors to. And your concern, which is valid, is that, because you're so close to the situation, and you're his father, and you enjoy what you're doing, which I think would be a good thing, is that