Letter to the editor: The new education era

I find the observations in the letter “Which generation started our disrespect for family, country?” (April 21, TribLive) somewhat misplaced. The World War II heroes, upon return from war, wanted a better way of life for their children. Many found the GI Bill for education and homes the answer. What they did not foresee was the education system was becoming opportunististic and a home to “isms” and “ists.”

After the rush of WWII vets, colleges began to feel poor and forgotten. So the Ivy league colleges and their ilk the think tanks created two illusions: that your children would be utter failures without degrees and that the colleges and their leadership were so much more intelligent than the rest of us.

This carried over to the ’90s, when government bought into the illusion that only college-educated citizens could design the future and needed governance, and the rest of us had to be tolerated.

The Ivy League societies also passed along their distaste of religion and pride of country past and present. They believe that we cannot do anything on our own without them.

In my estimation, what had been a solid education based on morals and ethics was encouraged to disappear. So “isms” and “ists” now define the new education era.

I would also support the writer’s references on II Thessalonians, but would add Chapter 3, Verse 10: Lest ye work, ye shall not eat (not I want to bang on the drums all day).

Ray Borkoski

Ford City