Video: Valedictorian who condemned Public Education joins Young Americans for Liberty

[MRoCkEd]

Erica Goldson's valedictorian speech attacking public education received more than 420,000 views in one month. Now a freshman at the University of Buffalo, Erica recently joined her school's chapter of Young Americans for Liberty. She even scores 100/100 on the World's Smallest Political Quiz.

In this video Erica talks about why she joined YAL and why she's going to college.

YouTube - Liberty Valedictorian Joins YAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajKmazOnbM&feature=player_embedded)

You can check out Erica's blog here (http://americaviaerica.blogspot.com/) and follow her on Facebook here. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Erica-Goldson/116574501728191?ref=ts)

[lx43]

As long as students don't want to be in school and are not willing to learn you could spend $1,000,000 a year per pupil without any results. Forcing people to do anything they don't want to do is pointless, you'll always get poor results.

Not to mention school is so boring memorizing everything for the next test.

Any ideas on how to improve schools through private means?

[tremendoustie]

As long as students don't want to be in school and are not willing to learn you could spend $1,000,000 a year per pupil without any results. Forcing people to do anything they don't want to do is pointless, you'll always get poor results.

Not to mention school is so boring memorizing everything for the next test.

Any ideas on how to improve schools through private means?

Yep, just let parents and families decide how to use their money, to fund the kind of education that fits their needs. A plethora of options, at far better prices, will open up.

Forced monopolies are never accountable.

[VBRonPaulFan]

Or allow home education again. Let a father teach his son the family trade, for example.

[Arklatex]

One more on our side. She has attained +1000000999999999999 attribute for making her voice heard.

[smartguy911]

I am glad i went to high school and eventually college.

[FrankRep]

The good old days...



Many Americans falsely believe that there have always been government schools in our country. Some believe that compulsory public education was written into our Constitution. But nothing could be less true. The American colonies had total educational freedom. By Samuel L. Blumenfeld


Educational Freedom in Early America (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/opinion/sam-blumenfeld/4546-educational-freedom-in-early-america)


Sam Blumenfeld | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
09 September 2010

[brandon]

Her speech was very moving, and reminded me of my own thoughts and struggles at the time I dropped out of high school. Good to see her joining our cause. One of you young guys better snatch her up quick. She's cute!

[Ethek]

One more brick from the wall. Makes me smile a bit.

[MRK]

Video of speech:

YouTube - Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4tdMsg3ts)

[Matt Collins]

YouTube - Liberty Valedictorian Joins YAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajKmazOnbM&feature=uploademail)

[ninepointfive]

set down those roots to grow more liberty forest!

[Vessol]

Holy crap! That was fucking awesome! I wish that the valedictorians at my High School graduation were this smart and this individual thinking!

[TomtheTinker]

+1

[Romantarchist]

Dear Erica, will you go out with me please? Signed, fellow college undergraduate and freedom fighter. :p

[outspoken]

it's encouraging to see young people waking up from the matrix. The baby boomers who call themselves Tea Partiers in many cases are more concerned with preserving their ss and medicare than they are liberty for the next generation.