Thanks to listen to Politics by Faith. Part one of our podcast was my assessment of how bad the school

systems are today, followed by Jeremy Wayne Tate, who's great. Here we get into another deep dive

into what is good, what is true, what should the education system look like instead of what it is

now, which is such a total failure. And then we end with debunking, a pet peeve of mine when people say, and I've said this

before, I thought this before too, because it rolls off the tongue, don't teach kids what to

think.

Teach them how to think.

That's total nonsense.

We debunk that coming up as well.

Welcome back to our special here on the First TV about the state of education in America. We'll go to Dr. Matthew Petrusick as our next guest. He's the senior director of the Word on Fire Institute.

Dr. Petruscic, how are you, sir? I'm well. Well, it's great to join you. Good. I'm glad you're here. What is the Word on Fire Institute. Dr. Patruscic, how are you, sir? I'm well, well. It's great to join you.

Good. Glad you're here. What is the Word on Fire Institute?

So the Word on Fire Institute is part of Bishop Robert Barron's

Apostolate, Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. So it's really divided into three parts.

There's all the work the Bishop Barron does.

You probably, your audience is probably familiar with his work. He's on many podcasts, many shows,

and he's seeking to reach out into the culture to speak Christ into the culture. Then we have a

publishing arm, and the Worden Empire Institute is the formation arm of Bishop Barron's work.

So we have about 40,000 members, and we bring those members on a digital platform through

courses, through live seminars, through live series, all with the goal of training them to go out to the culture to proclaim Christ.

Nice. What would you say is the state of our education structure in America?

You can go any age you want, K through 12, college, what do you think the state of it is?

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