Last evening over dinner my seventh grader tells me that his social studies teacher told him in class yesterday that the only valid reason for students to take social studies is to improve their writing skills for English. My son challenged him and quoted Santayana: “Isn’t it true that if we do not know our history we are condemned to repeat it. Shouldn’t we understand our past so we can better prepare for our future?”
The teacher blew him off. I told him that the NEA does not want students to understand how America got where she is through DEMOCRACY and FREE MARKET ECONOMIES. It’s much easier to manipulate ignorant minds into accepting creeping socialism if they are not aware of freedom, democracy and free markets.
“his social studies teacher told him in class yesterday that the only valid reason for students to take social studies is to improve their writing skills for English.”
How did this clown turn out to be a teacher? Never mind. It’s like asking how a muslim Kenyan who hates America became president..
It’s much easier to manipulate ignorant minds ..... If they are taught to think and reason godlessly.
All government owned and run K-12 schools in this nation are godless in their worldview. Just to cooperate in the classroom the child must think and reason godlessly.
Can some parents counter this? Some do, but I think keeping them out of these godless schools would be the best first choice.
I don't know. I might agree with the Social Studies teacher who may actually realize that what was once called "History" or "Civics" is now just dumbed-down, Dewey-inspired "Social" Studies pap. One of the first victories in the ruining of our public schools was the substitution of Social Studies for History.