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The Real Reason for the Meltdown of America’s Public Schools (Part I)
Cross Action News ^ | 7-23-08 | Carl Sterling Parnell, Ed.D.

Posted on 07/23/2008 1:10:57 PM PDT by Victory111

What is the New Age Movement? What is secular humanism? What influence do they have on America’s society and public schools? Are they making our society and public schools better or worse? What kind of following do they have? Who are their leaders? It is my purpose to answer these questions and many more as they relate to the effects of the New Age Movement and secular humanism in America’s society and public schools. Hopefully, those who read this article will become enlightened as I did to the realization that America is rapidly becoming a New Age nation.

(Excerpt) Read more at crossactionnews.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: educatin; humanism; liberals; newage

1 posted on 07/23/2008 1:10:57 PM PDT by Victory111
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To: Victory111
Protestants, fearing that Catholic parents would teach their kids Catholic beliefs, took over the public school system to enforce the protestant hegemonic view.

Later when the hegemonic view became secular humanism, the protestants worked themselves into a tizzy.

As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

2 posted on 07/23/2008 1:20:47 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Victory111

I think the problem with our public schools is that they are public schools. When has government ever done something right?


3 posted on 07/23/2008 1:25:09 PM PDT by rightwinghour (http://rightwinghour.podbean.com/)
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To: rightwinghour
When has government ever done something right?

I think the U.S. Marines are pretty great.

4 posted on 07/23/2008 1:27:34 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: Victory111

+ And Fake boobs!

5 posted on 07/23/2008 1:29:40 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: Tax-chick

But it’s REAL silicone!


6 posted on 07/23/2008 1:30:59 PM PDT by nina0113 (If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
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To: nina0113

Well, mine are REAL fat!


7 posted on 07/23/2008 1:32:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: Victory111
The first law requiring Schools in this country was the Massachusetts School Law of 1647 which became known as "Ye Old Deluder Satan Act". It's purpose was to teach children to read the Bible. TEXT. Today, our schools have done a complete 180 degree turn...
8 posted on 07/23/2008 1:34:05 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Victory111

Those kids who thought Gummint school was too hard in the 50s became parents in the 70s and went to school board meetings to make school more fun and less academic. All these low skill programs are there now because those 50s kids wanted to party and now they are grandparents and their kids’ kids are learning nothing in Gummint school. Blame it on the teachers, but teachers could not do this if the parents didn’t want it.


9 posted on 07/23/2008 1:37:16 PM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: Tax-chick

“...real fat...”
But did you get yours into an ad for a christian singles network?


10 posted on 07/23/2008 1:50:04 PM PDT by whipitgood (Illegal immigration: Let's roll!)
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To: Victory111

The main original point of this author seems to be his conflation of “New Age” and “secular humanist.” I’m not sure what this ads to an evaluation of the decline of government education in the United States. Even if one wished to identify “secular humanism” as the key philosophical influence behind all the myriad counterproductive decisions made in our government educational systems - sure, it can be argued - I don’t see how throwing “New Age” on top strengthens the argument.


11 posted on 07/23/2008 1:51:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: whipitgood

I was photographed at a library committee meeting while nursing a baby once.


12 posted on 07/23/2008 1:52:32 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: Victory111; woollyone

self-ping for later read


13 posted on 07/23/2008 1:56:09 PM PDT by woollyone (100 rounds per week totals over 5000 rounds in a year. Just thought you'd want to know.)
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I think they are, too. At least when they’re used in declared wars. But that’s kind of beside the point. I meant that government programs have always performed at a lower level than what the same program can do in the private sector.


14 posted on 07/23/2008 3:08:15 PM PDT by rightwinghour (http://rightwinghour.podbean.com/)
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To: rightwinghour

I agree with you, really. One could even make a case that a private force for killing people and blowing things up would be more effective and efficient at those tasks than the Marine Corps.


15 posted on 07/23/2008 3:11:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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