Hollowed Out, Jeremy S. Adams
Hollowed Out, Jeremy S. Adams
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Hollowed Out
A Warning about America's Next Generation

Author: Jeremy S. Adams

Narrator: Chris Abell

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/03/2021

Synopsis

Do teachers have a front row seat to America’s decline?Jeremy S. Adams, a teacher at both the high school and college levels, thinks so.Adams has spent decades trying to instill wisdom, ambition, and a love of learning in his students. And yet, as he notes, when teachers get together, they often share an arresting conclusion: something has gone terribly wrong. Something essential is missing in our young people.Their curiosity seems stunted, their reason undeveloped, their values uninformed, their knowledge lacking, and most worrying of all, their humanity diminished.Digital hermits of a sort unfamiliar to an older generation, they have little interest in marriage and family. They largely dismiss—and are shockingly ignorant of—religion. They sneer at patriotism, sympathize with riots and vandalism, and regard American society and civilization as so radically flawed that it must be dismantled. Often friendless and depressed, they eat alone, study alone, and even “socialize” alone.Educators like Adams see a generation slipping away. The problems that have hollowed out our young people have been festering for years. A year of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing have magnified them. The result could be a generation—and our nation’s future—lost in a miasma of alienation and stupefaction.In his stunning new book, Hollowed Out, Jeremy S. Adams reveals why students have rejected the wisdom, culture, and institutions of Western civilization—and what we can do to win them back. Poignant, frightening, and yet inspiring, this is a book for every parent, teacher, and patriot concerned for our young people and our country.

About Jeremy S. Adams

Jeremy S. Adams is one of the most decorated educators in the state of California. In 2018, he was the first classroom teacher inducted into the California State University, Bakersfield, Hall of Fame. A graduate of Washington & Lee University and CSU Bakersfield, he has written on politics and education for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Sacramento Bee, and many other outlets. He lives with his family in Bakersfield, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Avery on August 23, 2021

Hollowed Out is a relatively short but important read for people of all ages to understand the new generation of American students, even if you don't agree with the authors obvious conservative bias. This book has six chapters, each one focused on a different area of life that marks gen Z as remarkab......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on August 04, 2021

As a parent and an educator, this book resonated with me on so many levels. It was a sober look at what is happening to the youth in America due to a myriad of factors (social media dependence, a limited knowledge of America’s history, etc.) but what I truly loved about this book is that it also gav......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 02, 2021

Having spent as many years in the classroom as Mr. Adams I found myself consistently nodding as I read this book. In clear prose and through poignant examples Mr. Adams lays out the problems he sees in the classroom. His students are not the problem. The problem is a society that has not done enough......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 03, 2021

Informed by his experiences in the classroom, educator Jeremy Adams astutely traces back the roots of the next generation's malaise to a society that has failed them in culture, in academic curriculum, in family support, and in national discourse. This is not an exercise in blaming the victim, but a......more

Goodreads review by Justin on August 02, 2021

A must read book for 2021. Adams does a terrific job not only describing today's youth, but calling on American adults to rise to the occasion and reverse the hollowing of culture. The book is timely, readable, engaging and – most importantly – not written by a pundit, but rather, by a teacher who h......more

Quotes

“Everything Jeremy Adams says about the…rising generation rings frighteningly true. Unless we change course, our civilization will careen toward collapse.” R. R. Reno, editor of First Things

“As Jeremy Adams demonstrates, young people today have no sense of history, no knowledge of their own civilization, no loyalty to their country, no love lives, no interest in reproducing, no valuable skills, no attention spans, no ambitions and hopes. Hollowed Out belongs in the illustrious company of God and Man at Yale and The Closing of the American Mind. The apocalypse is now, and it’s probably too late to stop it, but we might just have one last chance. Read this book.” Elizabeth Kantor, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature

“From teaching Greek and Latin in high school a century ago to teaching remedial English in college today, it’s been all downhill for American education. The effects of this ‘hollowing out’ are now too obvious to excuse or explain away, as Jeremy Adams shows in this succinct but powerful overview of our educational catastrophe. The continued success—if not the survival itself—of the ‘American experiment’ is in doubt if we do not reverse this condition. The good news, perhaps, is that since we’ve fully hollowed out education, it can’t get any worse (but just might). The time has come for citizens to step up and reclaim our educational heritage.” Steven F. Hayward, author of The Age of Reagan

“Jeremy Adams’s warning about America’s ‘hollowed-out’ students is as troubling as it is clarifying, and so—in the spirit of The 1776 Report—a clarion call for renewing our civic soul.” Matthew Spalding, executive director of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, Hillsdale College

“In Hollowed Out, Jeremy Adams brilliantly nails the terrifying ways that our culture has manipulated and shredded the identities of our children. He masterfully articulates hope and the solutions that every adult must know.” Meg Meeker, MD, author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

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