Prager U literally has a video called “Fossil Fuels: The Greenest Energy”
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Bawbawian on
we are screwed.
no one votes, especially in local elections.
we let boomer grandmas make all the rules and then we yell at powerless Democrats about it.
Cummyshitballs on
I had a college professor use one of their videos in a lesson. It was before a lot of this trump craziness and he did warn us it was made by a think tank which isn’t always a great source, but the video explained why the civil war was overall fought because of slavery and not state rights and was well put together. Funnily enough I think they ended up deleting it after the idiocy began
AlanShore60607 on
I heard some states are mandating it.
Trust me, no real teacher wants to be using PragerU.
ExigentCalm on
Teacher: “So you see kids, we should have just glasses Vietnam, Cambodia, China and the USSR for freedom and white Jesus. Amen.”
Magmaster12 on
If this is true you just need to put down the answer God did it or Reagan did it it’s the same answer no matter what.
golfwinnersplz on
Needless to say, don’t listen to anything he tells. That doesn’t mean to be disrespectful but I would take literally everything with a grain of salt.
I’d also strongly consider attempting to switch classes. It may not be feasible but in larger districts it is.
Anxious-Raspberry-54 on
If I saw my kid doing HW based on a Prager video, I’d tell him to stop doing it and take the zero. Then, I’d explain why I did it.
enormenuez on
PragerU is not an academic institution. It was never an accredited university, but a tax-exempt corporation espousing ideological propaganda.
Tizordon on
7/8 Social studies teacher. Would literally quit with no regrets if my school district made me use this or any other biased bullshit like it in my classroom.
Would also make sure EVERYONE around me knows why I quit and what is being done to their kids.
Davajita on
I know it’s easier said than done, but as a parent I’d go directly to the faculty and tell them in no uncertain terms that my child will not be subjected to misinformation and propaganda like Prager U. It will be a detriment to their understanding of history and morality, actively erode their critical thinking skills, and embarrassing in the professional marketplace.
On_my_last_spoon on
This teacher is being lazy to boot! I get it, making a power point slideshow takes time. It’s not my favorite activity either. But it’s your job!
LaughingInTheVoid on
If it’s in Florida, then yes.
Cultural_Manner_2198 on
I had a government teacher show a Prager U video in class before, although I do live in Texas, so it sadly matches up
__GayFish__ on
You probably are better off with AI here lmao
Boobpocket on
Yes it’s real, praguerU has been planting their foot in schools.
sexycorey on
they have a video about how loans work that i use. it’s purely factual so some of their stuff is good.
emseefely on
Are they homeschooled?
misschickpea on
Prager U is craaazy. I first watched it unknowingly when I was going into college, and you just do a double take at what they’re saying and can tell they’re crazy.
There was one video where the line of logic was that if you divorce, your kid has such daddy issues that they grow up and end up in jail. It was saying statistically those who end up in jail have divorced parents or no father figure or something and then strawmanned that to literally animating a line of logic of like divorce -> no daddy —> jail lol. Like…!?
Their Israel video is very like Israel is just a victim where the Arab nations around them keep trying to go to war with them boohoo and not bc Israel is triggering people and slaughtering them, like the first war being provoked bc they were taking all of Palestine despite being like < 15% of the population or them staging bombings in Egypt and trying to make it look like nationalists did them and then being caught etc.
Rinzy2000 on
I bet if this country continues down this pathway of idiotic, white nationalist, christo-fascist bullshit, the smart people are gonna be the ones homeschooling.
daemonicwanderer on
Prager U is fucking insidious.
mofacey on
They do this all over Florida and Oklahoma
mikec231027 on
One of the teachers in the district I work in was complaining that she couldn’t get to Prager because our content filter was blocking it. She said she was showing the stuedents in her class videos from their page. thumbs up to Linewise for blocking that one.
FoolishPragmatist on
They are getting contracts to provide their course materials all throughout majority Republican school districts, so it’s not surprising. And we should expect to see a lot more of it after the SC’s holding yesterday. All part of their plan to rewrite history and ensure a loyal, ignorant, right wing voter base.
newfrontier58 on
I actually once got an offer for a job interview with a history professor who did videos for PragerU but I declined, and stuff like this really make me glad I didn’t sell my soul by going along.
friend-of-nothing on
I’m a substitute teacher and had a lesson plan once where the teacher assigned a PragerU video. I had forgotten what PragerU was, and when I pulled it up, I was in shock that a public school teacher was using it as a resource. I still think about it all the time and worry for his students.
homiesexuality on
I remember my HS English teacher using PragerU to teach about 1984 lol
madkins007 on
Watch it, write a teacher-pleasing report, show your parents the video. Go to the principal with them.
Base the concern on facts and published info, preferably from classroom textbooks if possible.
If this was approved by school admin, reach out to the board or district level.
Msefk on
walk the fk out of there with two middle fingers in the air .
KayMcDeeB on
Oh, it’s real. Ensuring the next generation of uninformed voters.
MrMthlmw on
It’s real and approved in like eleven or thirteen states or something, I forget how many.
AcetrainerLoki on
My school quoted Alex Jones once on the topic of “against gun control”
I am from
Connecticut.
masterpd85 on
Prager U: cold war edition. I bet that’s going to be full of righteous Christian capitalists vs the slavery communist atheists.
EmmalouEsq on
Prager U is scum and has no place in an educational setting.
dd99 on
This is not education, this is propaganda. Hope you aren’t paying tuition money for this bullshit. I would be rethinking my educational plans
ThatSmartIdiot on
i forget what prager u is
VaguelyArtistic on
I’m so glad I was raised in L.A. where none of this shit would or does fly.
J2MTR on
That’s the neat part, we’ve BEEN screwed.
LegendaryJam on
It is real. 12 different states (you can guess which color they run) have approved PragerU content for use in schools.
It’s fucking horrifying.
LintyFish on
Pleare telling the praegerU intern to stop it cant take anymore I am still not pregnant but he won’t stop
YesWeHaveNoTomatoes on
Object on religious grounds. Assert that PragerU is offensive to your moral beliefs and you shouldn’t be required to sit through it. They wanna play this game, you can play too.
Discussion-is-good on
I would crash out. Like full week suspension.
Djimi365 on
The fuck is Pager U?
ffunffunffun5 on
I don’t randomly hate things based on other people’s opinions. I actually do my research and make my own decision. I hate Dennis Prager.
A while back [Samantha Bee did a piece on Full Frontal about Prager U](https://youtu.be/Fu98-01Tv_w). Afterwards [Dennis Prager responded in one of his “Fireside Chats”](https://youtu.be/Rv9K_p5qLy8?t=151) where he totally mischaracterizes what she said. It’s just filled with disingenuous statements. He starts out complaining that the left “never gives one example” of Prager U’s content – Bee’s piece actually shows clips from their videos (i.e. “examples”) and the lies continue from there. I don’t have time to list all of them but I’ve linked to both videos if anyone is interested.
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Prager U literally has a video called “Fossil Fuels: The Greenest Energy”
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we are screwed.
no one votes, especially in local elections.
we let boomer grandmas make all the rules and then we yell at powerless Democrats about it.
I had a college professor use one of their videos in a lesson. It was before a lot of this trump craziness and he did warn us it was made by a think tank which isn’t always a great source, but the video explained why the civil war was overall fought because of slavery and not state rights and was well put together. Funnily enough I think they ended up deleting it after the idiocy began
I heard some states are mandating it.
Trust me, no real teacher wants to be using PragerU.
Teacher: “So you see kids, we should have just glasses Vietnam, Cambodia, China and the USSR for freedom and white Jesus. Amen.”
If this is true you just need to put down the answer God did it or Reagan did it it’s the same answer no matter what.
Needless to say, don’t listen to anything he tells. That doesn’t mean to be disrespectful but I would take literally everything with a grain of salt.
I’d also strongly consider attempting to switch classes. It may not be feasible but in larger districts it is.
If I saw my kid doing HW based on a Prager video, I’d tell him to stop doing it and take the zero. Then, I’d explain why I did it.
PragerU is not an academic institution. It was never an accredited university, but a tax-exempt corporation espousing ideological propaganda.
7/8 Social studies teacher. Would literally quit with no regrets if my school district made me use this or any other biased bullshit like it in my classroom.
Would also make sure EVERYONE around me knows why I quit and what is being done to their kids.
I know it’s easier said than done, but as a parent I’d go directly to the faculty and tell them in no uncertain terms that my child will not be subjected to misinformation and propaganda like Prager U. It will be a detriment to their understanding of history and morality, actively erode their critical thinking skills, and embarrassing in the professional marketplace.
This teacher is being lazy to boot! I get it, making a power point slideshow takes time. It’s not my favorite activity either. But it’s your job!
If it’s in Florida, then yes.
I had a government teacher show a Prager U video in class before, although I do live in Texas, so it sadly matches up
You probably are better off with AI here lmao
Yes it’s real, praguerU has been planting their foot in schools.
they have a video about how loans work that i use. it’s purely factual so some of their stuff is good.
Are they homeschooled?
Prager U is craaazy. I first watched it unknowingly when I was going into college, and you just do a double take at what they’re saying and can tell they’re crazy.
There was one video where the line of logic was that if you divorce, your kid has such daddy issues that they grow up and end up in jail. It was saying statistically those who end up in jail have divorced parents or no father figure or something and then strawmanned that to literally animating a line of logic of like divorce -> no daddy —> jail lol. Like…!?
Their Israel video is very like Israel is just a victim where the Arab nations around them keep trying to go to war with them boohoo and not bc Israel is triggering people and slaughtering them, like the first war being provoked bc they were taking all of Palestine despite being like < 15% of the population or them staging bombings in Egypt and trying to make it look like nationalists did them and then being caught etc.
I bet if this country continues down this pathway of idiotic, white nationalist, christo-fascist bullshit, the smart people are gonna be the ones homeschooling.
Prager U is fucking insidious.
They do this all over Florida and Oklahoma
One of the teachers in the district I work in was complaining that she couldn’t get to Prager because our content filter was blocking it. She said she was showing the stuedents in her class videos from their page. thumbs up to Linewise for blocking that one.
They are getting contracts to provide their course materials all throughout majority Republican school districts, so it’s not surprising. And we should expect to see a lot more of it after the SC’s holding yesterday. All part of their plan to rewrite history and ensure a loyal, ignorant, right wing voter base.
I actually once got an offer for a job interview with a history professor who did videos for PragerU but I declined, and stuff like this really make me glad I didn’t sell my soul by going along.
I’m a substitute teacher and had a lesson plan once where the teacher assigned a PragerU video. I had forgotten what PragerU was, and when I pulled it up, I was in shock that a public school teacher was using it as a resource. I still think about it all the time and worry for his students.
I remember my HS English teacher using PragerU to teach about 1984 lol
Watch it, write a teacher-pleasing report, show your parents the video. Go to the principal with them.
Base the concern on facts and published info, preferably from classroom textbooks if possible.
If this was approved by school admin, reach out to the board or district level.
walk the fk out of there with two middle fingers in the air .
Oh, it’s real. Ensuring the next generation of uninformed voters.
It’s real and approved in like eleven or thirteen states or something, I forget how many.
My school quoted Alex Jones once on the topic of “against gun control”
I am from
Connecticut.
Prager U: cold war edition. I bet that’s going to be full of righteous Christian capitalists vs the slavery communist atheists.
Prager U is scum and has no place in an educational setting.
This is not education, this is propaganda. Hope you aren’t paying tuition money for this bullshit. I would be rethinking my educational plans
i forget what prager u is
I’m so glad I was raised in L.A. where none of this shit would or does fly.
That’s the neat part, we’ve BEEN screwed.
It is real. 12 different states (you can guess which color they run) have approved PragerU content for use in schools.
It’s fucking horrifying.
Pleare telling the praegerU intern to stop it cant take anymore I am still not pregnant but he won’t stop
Object on religious grounds. Assert that PragerU is offensive to your moral beliefs and you shouldn’t be required to sit through it. They wanna play this game, you can play too.
I would crash out. Like full week suspension.
The fuck is Pager U?
I don’t randomly hate things based on other people’s opinions. I actually do my research and make my own decision. I hate Dennis Prager.
A while back [Samantha Bee did a piece on Full Frontal about Prager U](https://youtu.be/Fu98-01Tv_w). Afterwards [Dennis Prager responded in one of his “Fireside Chats”](https://youtu.be/Rv9K_p5qLy8?t=151) where he totally mischaracterizes what she said. It’s just filled with disingenuous statements. He starts out complaining that the left “never gives one example” of Prager U’s content – Bee’s piece actually shows clips from their videos (i.e. “examples”) and the lies continue from there. I don’t have time to list all of them but I’ve linked to both videos if anyone is interested.