The U.S. Education System: Ignorance, Freedom and Jeff Daniels

In this episode we talk about the current state of the U.S. education system. What is it doing? Is it helping? Can we fix it? Should we?

"if a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was..."

Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter that includes this quote about the need for an educated citizenry, and the dangers of having an ignorant one. We'll use this as a basis for the discussion and include some Aaron Sorkin for kicks.

Let's dig in!