Evolution Means Humans Should Be Getting Smarter?

All you folks that believe in evolution think we are improving, right?  I don't think so.  At least not in the United States of America.  There may be some small pockets of brilliance out there, but if the government has control of the schools and the teachers are controlled by unions, the majority of the public schools are in deep trouble.

I have a great deal of empathy for teachers.  The good ones are dedicated professionals who spend much of their personal time working on their class planning, sometimes tutoring students, talking to parents and spending an unfortunate amount of time doing paperwork for the government.  While I agree that there should be uniformity within the school system, I feel that the government is now an intruder in the classroom and it needs to back off.

Children should be learning more at home than they are.  Schools cannot and should not be burdened with the total task of teaching.  Unfortunately, many parents are ill equipped to handle even teaching their small children the alphabet or how to count to 20.  It really is not their fault, but the fault of their great grandparents for allowing the downfall of the public school system to begin in the first place.


If we are getting smarter, we should be doing at least the following:
1. Studying Latin, Greek, French and Spanish by at least age 9
2. Begin mastering a musical instrument
3. By age 14 students should be studying history and science intensely
4. Age 16 students should be entering college where the study of mathematics and other studies as preparation for law school or another profession.
5. Be admitted to the Bar by age 23.

Much of the reason that we are not progressing, has nothing to do with evolution.  We, the adults, have made it a point to allow children to be children.  Life is so tough out there that they need to have fun while they are still children.

Really? At what point do we cease raising children?  This philosophy has created a group of children who never leave home because life is just too tough.  We do not need to be raising children.  We need to be grooming our offspring for adulthood.  When do you teach them to handle money?  You teach them as soon as they ask you what it is, which could be age 2 or 3.  Start then.  They won't be dealing with a profit and loss statement until they get their first lemonade stand.

Insisting that children remain children for as long as possible is just plain asinine.  Do you want your puppies and kittens to remain immature for years?  Of course not.  If you want a good pet, you start training them right away.  At least treat your children as well as you treat your pets.

So, why do I think we have fallen way behind? 

Many years ago a young man did the following:
1. Studied Latin, Greek and French at age 9, learned to properly ride horses, learned to play the violin,
2. Age 14 studied history and science
3. At the age of 16 attended the College of William and Mary and studied mathematics, metaphysics and philosophy
4. Studied law and was admitted to the bar at age 23

His name was Thomas Jefferson.  It was the same Thomas Jefferson that helped draft the Declaration of Independence at age 33 in 1776.  That was more than 200 years ago.

If evolution works so well, why are we getting dumber?

I do not believe in evolution of any kind.  I believe that God spoke the earth and everything into existence in a state of maturity.  In other words, the chicken (a plump, mature chicken) came first, not the egg.