Real Talk with Zuby #435 Katharine Birbalsingh - Britain's Strictest Headmistress
Zuby is joined by Katharine Birbalsingh, the headmistress of London's Michaela Community School who is often called 'Britain's strictest headmistress'. Katharine argues that the damage done to children during the 'peak woke' years of 2020-2022 is permanent, and that anyone who was in education during that period emerged with a worldview shaped by victimhood and identity politics.
She explains why you have to raise your children as if you are going to war and how the enemy is everywhere. She also offers parenting advice on reading, screens, and choosing a school.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:29) the Covid years
(02:30) Why other schools never recovered
(03:25) Peak woke: 2020-2022
(06:43) The victimhood hierarchy explained
(07:35) Furries, litter boxes and transitions
(09:04) Advice for a new father
(13:27) Traditional vs progressive schooling
(17:34) The homeschooling boom
(20:57) Why Zuby changed his mind
(24:57) The children lost by 16
(28:00) The enemy is everywhere
(32:33) Two decades of smartphones
(37:44) Ignorance, peer pressure or busyness?
(40:39) How the iPad habit starts
(45:15) Why society undervalues children
(47:13) Don't outsource your thinking to AI
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