Private School Blues
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Why are parents taking kids to PTA meetings and how does that affect school choices?
Yep, Charlemagne the guy. Andrew Schultz. We are the Brilliant Idiots Podcast. Back for another week of Brilliant Idiots! Hebkiah Walker. What's up, my boy? How you been, man? From good. We had to take the week off last week. Yeah, sorry about that, guys. Schedules got crazy. Uh uh the day we were supposed to tape, I forgot I had parent T T A, man. Listen, man. PTA. When you are a dad, okay, you got kids in college, you got kids in, you know, private schools. Woo! Salute to the cold hand of Jones. We got kids in private schools. You know what I mean? Yeah. You know, I had to I had to go go to a private uh had to go to a PTA meeting. Parent teaching meeting. Yeah. So was it? Yeah, you know it's so crazy. I feel like because I'm always there with my wife.
I feel like I don't even have to pay attention, really. Like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, this is what we do, and it's bad, and it's why our wives hate
us. She gets it. We know, we know how dedicated they are to the kids. So we really just get to like be the co-pilot on the plane. Like there's the main pilot. We're not even a co-pilot. We're really like the flight attendant. We're not even are we
are we even that? I guess now maybe the flight attendant, you know what I'm saying? We might not even be that bro. I go in there, I I started doing dumb shit like like Playing with my four-year-old, like the toys she played with in the classroom. Like they had this like Mr. Potato Head Spider-Man. So I took a picture with it. You know what I'm saying? Like that's the type of stuff I'm thinking about. Like she gonna see me playing with the Spider-Man and be h like she's gonna laugh because this is her thing that she likes to play with. My teacher the teacher was like, she loves to play with that. And I'm only at she loves Spider-Man.
And the moms love the kids more than they're annoyed at us. So th the only way to do that, bro. I don't think they they I think they want us
to lock in. Lock in on what? The thing they're locked in on. You know what's so funny? You're absolutely right. I don't even be paying attention to no day should be should be locked in. I just know the teacher be going.
You know what they treat it like?
What?
Like you ever take your wife to like a basketball game?
Mm-hmm.
And they're like kind of paying attention to it. That's how we are at a PTA
maybe. Now. Like you're there. That's right. Until something happens. Like there was one teacher. Yeah. Salute to her. I don't, you know, I'm not gonna say her name, but salute to her. What what grade are we talking here? This was uh this is my this is my uh seven year old, so this is third grade. Alright, so it's starting to get real. And I'm sitting there, you know, you Not enough. If you don't want to grab your phone because you don't look like you're out of completely addressed, so you just like this, whatever, whatever. And then she's like, social emotional learning. You're like, oh. That's me. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? Then she starts talking about mindfulness and meditation. So then I start paying attention to my surroundings.
Yeah. And I'm looking around and I'm like, oh, she got a mindfulness classroom. Like she got, you know, meditation Mondays and this on two. Like she's really into social emotional learning and mindfulness. For now she got my she's piqued my interest. So now I'm really paying attention to her and then you know afterwards Have a conversation with her and you know, invite her to the mental wealth expo happening on October 10th. Like that's the type of stuff. Other than that, yo, you gotta find something to hook the parents. Charlie is crazy.
What? You're literally talking about your daughter and you're like, man, this shit boring as hell. Oh,
you guys depressed too? No.
Y'all got some depression over here? No. Oh, some mentality issues? Yeah. Come to the expo. Because this is what I want teachers to do. I want them to implement social emotional learning in the classroom. But they haven't. You just haven't been paying attention. No, that's not true. That's not true. This teach Listen,
I'm I'm there too, bro.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are parents taking kids to PTA meetings and how does that affect school choices?
0:00–19:18
2
What are the arguments for higher teacher pay and how do private‑school experiences compare to public schools?
19:18–51:07
3
How does the “free Palestine” slogan get interpreted and why are artists and stadium owners being targeted?
51:07–1:05:29
4
Why are phones being turned to grayscale and how does that impact kids’ screen‑time habits?
1:05:29–1:20:05
5
What is the Mental Health Expo announcement and who is involved?
1:20:05–1:23:05
6
How do the hosts discuss the Baby‑of‑the‑Year contest and family competitions?
1:23:05–1:27:56
7
What arguments are made about DEI, legacy admissions, and nepotism in higher education?
1:27:56–1:37:06
8
How do the conversation shift to AI regulatory capture and the Rick Rubin interview?
1:37:06–2:31:46