Dennis Prager Show - We Have Missed the Boat on Education
Aired: 2020-02-21
Duration: 01:49


=== Kids Choose Their Dog (01:48) ===

[00:00:00]  I was at the Nixon Library many years ago.
[00:00:04]  I gave a speech, and I mentioned in context, I don't remember what the context was, but a question I've been asking all of my life to high school and college students.
[00:00:16]  If your dog and a stranger were drowning, which would you say first?
[00:00:20]  And one-third, my whole life, one-third vote for the dog, one-third for the stranger, one-third.
[00:00:28]  Don't know what they would do.
[00:00:30]  The question is too vexing.
[00:00:33]  And so two-thirds wouldn't save the stranger, say they wouldn't save the stranger first.
[00:00:39]  And a teacher with some kids from a Christian school was at my speech.
[00:00:47]  And he posed the question to his kids, and most of them voted for the dog.
[00:00:52]  I don't know, they were like 11 years old.
[00:00:54]  They were quite young.
[00:00:57]  But he said to me, it's very disturbing.
[00:01:00]  I don't think we're teaching correctly.
[00:01:03]  I did this at an Orthodox Jewish school in Miami.
[00:01:06]  Public question.
[00:01:07]  And a lot of kids said they'd save their dog.
[00:01:12]  And the principal said the same thing.
[00:01:15]  The rabbi said, we're missing the boat.
[00:01:17]  And that's exactly right.
[00:01:21]  We have missed the boat in education for at least since...
[00:01:26]  Since World War II, we have not taught kids correctly, in many cases, what Judaism is, what Christianity is, and what America is.
[00:01:36]  So it's no wonder we have so many problems.
[00:01:41]  We don't teach the good stuff right.
[00:01:46]  Happiness Hour coming up.
[00:01:48]  I'm Dennis Prager.