http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/john_kaminski/how_us_schools_create_sheeple.htm
2007-08-15 00:10:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Interesting find, but I disagree.
Although there were some valid points- I do find that college students have problems with questioning what is in a textbook. But, tying these individual issues together in such a manner is misleading. And I think it gives kids yet another reason to not take responsibility for their own learning.
I mean we all know that many school systems need improvements, but there are some out there that are doing it right. And many successful forward thinking Americans have come through the public school systems.
OK, It's really late here in NZ. So hope I've made sense.
2007-08-15 00:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several points I do agree with, however the vapidity with which the author attacks the current administration does more to taint what he is trying to say than help. The Schools today simply do not teach what our children NEED to know to be successful in life. Personally I think this is ON PURPOSE. The majority of the schools, the unions that run them and the administrators are of a liberal and democratic slant. It has long been the unspoken position of these groups that SOCIALISM is the way to go, and by dumbing down future generations, you have less to worry about. There won't be the "individualist" who questions WHY we have to obey a new obviously UN-constitutional law...... there will simply be generation of generation of simpltons who are more concerned with Brittany Spears and Lindsey Loser's escapades, than they are their own rights and civil liberties.
2007-08-15 02:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to agree with such a stretch as this piece.
I have noticed that here on Yahoo Answers, many people are hilariously ignorant of basic American civics and completely lack critical thinking skills. Others are as manipulative as any propagandists. But none of that is by design of the public school system.
I do think there is a deep fascist streak in this country that feels empowered by recent successes of the conservative movement.
2007-08-15 08:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by jehen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with some of it. It is off course and starting to act like prisons. Boring young minds and making them walk in line. Time for big change!
2007-08-15 15:56:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋