How valid are these “brainwashing” criticisms of the American education system?

I’ve been seeing a lot of Reddit posts and recently this video https://youtu.be/x5baPn6SAQA?si=TRJoxukU9tYyGQwH criticizing the American education system as mass brainwashing. And I included this link specifically since they compile a lot of the common arguments. Obviously this YouTube channel has an agenda (just read its description). But it’s uncomfortable how rarely these criticisms get pushback, because they often paint a caricature of American education that feels unfair. My own experience hasn’t matched this at all. We were taught a lot of nuanced history about America and other parts of the world, especially in the AP curriculum. I know AP isn’t representative of what most students experience, so I’d be curious whether the picture looks different in standard or remedial tracks. And for the more America-centric classes, every teacher prefaced things by acknowledging that each country teaches a curriculum weighted toward its own history. But maybe my school was an exception? Curious to hear takes from people more involved in the field than I am. submitted by /u/Affectionate_Use9936 [link] [comments]