Data Mining Mindfulness: How Schools Are Spying on Your Kids' Minds | Rhonda Thomas

speaker-0: Hello there everyone. Welcome to the Counterrevolution Podcast. My name is John Roshimeza. And again, thank you for stopping by for this installment of the Counterrevolution Podcast. Today I'm excited to have back on the show my sister, Randa Thomas. Randa Thomas is a founder and president of Truth in Education. It is a Christian 501c3 nonprofit based in Atlanta. Georgia. is a passionate advocate for parental rights and a national speaker who exposes harmful anti-Christian trends, curricula and policies in public, private and Christian schools. Through Truth in Education, Randa equips parents and churches to reclaim their God-given role in educating their children, promotes homeschooling and Christian schooling options and fights against ideologies that undermine biblical She has been featured in major media outlets including Epoch Times, CBS News, the Associated Press and speaks widely on issues such as social and emotional learning, data and privacy in schools, mindfulness programs and the moral breakdown in the education system. Randall Thomas is a warrior for sure. She is definitely part of the counter-revolution. She has been doing it for years and I am so glad to have this discussion with her that has to do with some of the reports that they have on their website under the title God Mind. If you want to know what this is all about please join me in welcoming Rander Thomas to the show once again. you All right, ladies and gentlemen, here once again is Miss Randa Thomas to the program. Randa Thomas, welcome once again to the Counterrevolution podcast. Welcome. Well, Rhonda, today we have a very I think we say this all the time, but I believe this is a very, very important discussion we're about to have because we're talking about something. I suggest to frame this conversation. We're talking about something that. I personally and I think I can speak for my generation, ⁓ millennials. We don't really think about this a lot. We we we don't pay enough attention on on this, kind of stuff. ⁓ So, know, there's a lot of there's a lot of things that's going on in the in the system, in the schools and just in the world in general. ⁓ But of course, we talk about education. You guys are there to speak. Truth in education. So before we get started, can you talk a little bit about you and truth in education and what all you guys do? Yeah, yeah, there's so much happening and every time I talk about you and and truth and education, I always tell people that you guys are a resource to the church, really. But it's your resource to anyone really that wants truth. Anyone that wants to know what's happening and how to go about it. You guys have ⁓ very useful information. ⁓ you know how to find it. How to find the information. So I'm always thankful for that. ⁓ ⁓ that's encouraging to hear. That's great. okay, so ⁓ As I said, we have a very, I think, important discussion here. You guys have some reports, some white papers on your website, which I highly, highly encourage those that will hear this to go and check it out. will link everything in the descriptions below. ⁓ But you guys titled them Good Mind, which Which I imagine it's a play on words on the word gold mine. And these are white papers that you guys put. Can you talk a little bit about that? There's one that's I think is titled a mindfulness in. I don't have them. Yes, yes. Data mining mindfulness. Yeah So can you give us a bit of a synopsis on these two reports that you guys put? ⁓ Just so people can know what we were about to delve into which we're now gonna obviously Be able to cover everything that can be said about this Which is why we encourage people to go and and see the reports on on the website Yeah, certainly and and ⁓ so can you then okay, so let's get into it. What exactly are these? mindfulness programs and and and things ⁓ that you guys listed like inner explorer mind up Mind lift what what are these things doing? Exactly like I know you just said that they're collecting send data but What do they do with this dead? Wow You know, you said a bunch of things, ⁓ but one thing that ⁓ hasn't ceased to amaze me is how car sale is always somewhere around the corner. So, ⁓ I said at the beginning here as a millennial I feel like we are I Don't want to say the dumbest generation, but we're definitely ⁓ Not as a Toon So what we're apathetic when it comes to technology and data and and and and things like that So, you know So parents would hear You know data is being collected collected That there's no data that's being collected right, but you guys are saying that that a lot of data is actually because I hear I was listening to some other talks that you gave and other people from your organization And you guys says by law they're not really supposed to but they found the back door to get this information. Can you talk a little bit about that? So what what's for you say for par what's that? Okay. Looked it up to I I've heard you refer to that before in other other interviews and I keep thinking what is it and I keep forgetting to look it up but but no, that's that's really good good information ⁓ Basically, essentially they're stealing data ⁓ Mining data without really parents Or parents maybe I'll consider you Is it possible or is it reasonable to say parents are consenting without knowing what they are consenting to? Okay, so And so I also heard one of my questions or Kim came about ⁓ Because I heard somewhere that these companies Say, okay some information might get out away from us, but it's it's it's private and anonymous the these these are the vendors are not going to know Which kid this information is from like is it true that this it's all anonymous or And in the silence surveillance paper, you guys write that ⁓ these programs are running ⁓ in the background with basically It says here these programs are installed on student devices and school logins running in the background to covertly scan everything a student does using a search algorithm program to alert these designated authorities when certain keywords and phrases are used by students. So they are spying basically on the student ⁓ and yeah that can you can you talk a little bit about that? And you know, here's another thing that was going through my mind is the government would be crazy. The government and all these kind of elites, power hungry elites that wants to play God ⁓ would be crazy not to take advantage of of of this kind of stuff. So someone can sit here and say, ⁓ you guys, I'll be like, yeah. You can keep playing if you want to, because to me, I can see that even if someone would say, well, they're not doing that right now. Fact is, they are going to do it because they'll be crazy not to take advantage of this. Like they have they already have the kids sitting there. ⁓ You know, the majority of their childhood. ⁓ Why not? You know, they're already kind of. ⁓ you know, positioned as lab rats, if you will, for lack of a better word. So why not take full advantage of it with the new technologies? I think it's naive to, to think, to trust these people. Yeah, and that's that's that's very interesting that you said that because they did the same thing during COVID. They told us that we just had to trust them. They were going to protect us. And these so I can imagine proponents would would say, hey, you know, we need to be able to predict if a child is going to self harm or harm other people. We need to be able to To to know if if this child maybe is is being abused in some way What what do you have to say about that because as I think about it? I'm pretty sure they have a nice script there as to why they convince Teachers and and and administrators to install these these machines in the schoolhouse And, and, ⁓ the, the... think somewhere you guys said that these machines are able to detect behavior and monitor social media even after out like when they are home. ⁓ forgot to ask you this at the beginning. Data mining mindfulness. I know mindfulness is a pretty spiritual has a spiritual component to it. Can you talk a little bit about that? Like the idea of mindfulness and also ⁓ what that has to do with this technology? Yeah, so. There's something I was looking for that has to do with ⁓ mindful meditation in which through these softwares, they also have this aspect of, I guess, prayer and what's that? It's in the last it's towards the end Under what parents must do it says as you just said Christian Christian parents in particular should take Take a pause to question why mindfulness meditation a Hindu form of prayer is being taught to their children and Practice daily during class time as part of the school curriculum Yeah, and so So that stood out to me, of course, because I'm a Christian parent, but because that's what we're here to to kind of fight against. In addition, at the beginning here, we spoke about car sale and how car sale always is always there. And of course, you you have spoken kind of rather courageously about ACL and on a demonic influence that it is and so that's what I wanted to kind of tie in here is that that component that is something else that parents should be aware of with with this kind of stuff. Yeah, I mean for me when I hear this kind of stuff, I just can't help but think about, you know, surveillance, digital prison, enslavement of some sort in the future. And ultimately, I just would. My goal. I don't want to save the government school system. I don't think, as you know, the government should be in the business of education at all. But we have the system and we have to bring awareness to our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, as well as fellow just citizens who are, yeah, who's to ⁓ see the usefulness of the system. ⁓ but In the end in the long run These kids are being used as guinea pigs For something they're being used as guinea pigs for something they can't do for example for me and you because We're we're adults. We've already kind of formulated our our ways It's not that easy to change us, but it's very easy to mold a child and so if you can if these AIs are learning them from childhood when they come and meet with them later on in the future Who knows what's Who knows? Right now. Nobody really knows What they will attempt to do with this information, which is why? ⁓ To me I know they're gonna get our information some way, ⁓ but I would like to protect the kids for as long as possible. Okay, I have a video that I would like to play At the moment I saw it. I was like I have to see what miss Rhonda thinks about this Alright, Ms. Rhonda, what's wrong with that? When I saw that video I they immediately now i've always known this but that just made it much more clear That what we're talking about here like school choice like, you know what she was saying about the the machine basically educating the kids and The machine is called play dough and and the machine has all the information as if that can replace the parents But that's what she's saying She's saying leave it up to the machine. The machine will thoroughly educate your child. You're free to go and do whatever. Before you know it, the machine will be trusted to ⁓ house it and kind of take care of your children as you're away. You know, like this is insane that and of course she's ⁓ the wife of the Republican president saying this, which is to say this is a bipartisan thing. Sometimes conservatives tend to be like, okay, we can just fix it politically. Well, this is going to be coming from both. And the school choice right now is actually a lot more famous on the right than it is on the left. which again highlights the The the point that you know, a lot of people have been trying to make over the years is that It's not a partisan thing Because both sides are guilty. We just have to take the kids out. That's to me I hear the the ⁓ right The first lady said that I'm like, ⁓ people need to take their kids out now. We're not going to wait for Plato to come and educate the kids. The system is already failed. Plato is not going to fix it. But anyway. ⁓ Miss Rhonda, before we go, ⁓ a few things. ⁓ So for one, you have been talking about this data mining ⁓ initiatives that are currently going. ⁓ We've established already that that the government it's naive to assume that the government or other third parties elite entities are not going to use this to further control or enslave or who knows what else they'll be able to do. ⁓ How can parents get out of this? Can can parents What can parents do? The ones that choose to send their kids to government school. Yeah, I recently watched or rewatched a video from the Fetzer Institute. And they basically said that SEL ⁓ and all this stuff is in, think at the time, which was like two years ago, maybe three. that ⁓ SEO is in, think 95 % of the schools in the United States. ⁓ Our debt is probably in 100 % now. And that it's so ingrained in it that you can't opt out. To opt out, you might as well just take your kid out. That's the only way. can act out. ⁓ But ⁓ as you guys have been telegraphing ⁓ social emotional learning, social emotional learning has opened the door to this now data mining, ⁓ which is being done by some of this most of the same ⁓ usual suspects. And who knows now what they what they do next with this information. Well, we do know at least we can look forward to play to the the educator but human humanoid But who knows what else they have in store, but I think you've been so helpful miss ronder as always ⁓ And I am so glad For truth and education and the work that you guys are doing out there. Is there anything else you'd like to share? about this or about, you know, what you guys do to point people in the right direction. Yep, and and I will be sure to link all this ⁓ In the descriptions of this video So much information I mean Again people in my generation We tend to be apathetic about all this ⁓ it's so much but I think it's very important because ⁓ It has to do with the future generations, our own children and their children. And how else do we fight back as Christians? I think we fight back by recognizing that this is first and foremost ⁓ spiritual warfare and finding out as much information as we can. And and and doing something about it, which you guys are doing well at ⁓ Truth in education that or G Yeah, so with that, wanna say once again, thank you so much, Mr. Rando, for coming on to talk to me. ⁓ And thank you for all this information. It is kind of overwhelming, but you guys have simplified it enough for the people. So. Thank you.