-—Any child that comes out of the government school collective with their moral compass and common sense intact does so in spite of the government school indoctrination, not because of it.-—
I was terribly confused in high school, in the late 70s. I was conflicted between my poorly-understood Catholicism and the morally-confused modern literature that we read. I wondered why I was taught conflicting ideas in different classes.
I spent my early 20s trying to figure out what had happened to me. I remember arguing with my friend’s liberal girlfriend about school vouchers, and telling her about my experience.
Her reply? “That was your problem. You thought too much.”
I was shocked. But after reading John Taylor Gatto, years later, I realized that she had learned the intended lesson of compulsory schooling.
Compulsory schooling is not about learning. After all, most children can learn to read phonetically in 40 hours, and are then able to learn anything they please on their own.
No, compulsory schooling is about blind obedience training and intellectual dependence.
> Compulsory schooling is not about learning.
> ... compulsory schooling is about blind obedience training
> and intellectual dependence.
Absolutely correct. You get it.
You are among the minority who are able to overcome the 12 or more years of intensive communist indoctrination in the government school collective.
The very concept of compulsory government schools is totalitarian collectivist, so the message is conveyed just by attending.
If only you knew enough to write the next paragraph, then you'd really be shocked.
My 3 year old is proof of this. Between starfall and some leapfrog DVDs, she has taught herself (mostly, obviously we help as needed) to read and is now moving on to teaching herself basic math, the calendar, etc...