The Reason You Don't Like to Read or Study

I've been exposed to many people throughout life, and I must say that the vast majority of people (over 90%) seem to have a decided aversion to reading and/or studying. In fact, most do not wish to expend ANY effort on thinking, reasoning or any other similar activity. I've noticed this in people ranging from high school dropouts to Ph.D.'s, and every level in between. I've often wondered why this is the case because in my humble opinion, learning is as vital to life as breathing and drinking water. In my experience, the mind becomes stagnant, septic and highly susceptible to mind control programming and techniques when it is not often and regularly refreshed by the introduction of new thoughts, ideas, concepts and facts.

In my study of the educational system (as well as my personal experience with it), I've learned that the design of educational strategy and the method of teaching both leave a lot to be desired. The system was designed around the early 1900's, and this basic approach remains unchanged. I've found that this approach is decidedly antiquated and totally out of touch with modern reality. The goal is NOT to teach a child (or any other student, for that matter) to be able to think and/or reason with any semblance of accuracy. The goal is to create a compliant public citizen who will:

1. Preserve the status quo,
2. Recreate the status quo by their compliant behavior,
3. Never question authority,
4. Never think 'outside of the box',
5. Never do any independent thinking,
6. Never question the unspoken motives of those who design and control society,
7. Think of people who think outside of societally-defined constraints on conceptual horizons as being: weird, strange, "Conspiracy Theorists", crazy, wacko, stupid, etc.
8. Believe what they are told by mass media outlets without independent critical analysis,
9. Believe what they are taught in school without question or critical analysis,
10. Have a great aversion to learning, reading, thinking, reasoning, etc.,
11. Think that entertainment and recreation are the only worthy pursuits in life,
12. Believe that the events in history all happened by chance and not by design,
13. Look to external authority figures for guidance in virtually all matters,
14. Become child-like in their approach (i.e., the shirking of individual responsibility) to life,
15. Be easily manipulated by mass media influences.

I could go on, but I think that I've made my point. If you don't believe this, all you have to do is watch an episode of any of the current talk-shows or Judge 'Slap-em' shows to witness children in adult's bodies freely parading their ignorance on national television. If you can truly understand these shows, you can tell that America has already been destroyed from within due to the people no longer having the ability or intelligence to maintain any semblance of freedom. Freedom requires high intelligence, courage, personal responsibility, critical thinking skills, and eternal vigilance. These qualities appear to be in very short supply in this era.

Ok, I'm done with my soliquy. Now I'll share a good article that I've found in which the author speaks on a few of these points. It's a good read. Hopefully, people will find the courage and personal strength to overcome the social programming that creates an aversion to learning and study. An ignorant people are very easy to control, manipulate and subjugate. How intelligent can American society be when one of the biggest shows is "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader"? Think about it if you still have some reasoning power left inside your mind..