Last night I was chatting with a student, a sophmore in a public high school. She's a very sweet kid, with a good heart and a sunny disposition. I really enjoy working with her. That's what infuriates me so much about what is happening in our schools.
I was just making small talk while we worked, asking about school, what classes she likes, what she's learning. She told me about social studies, which is her favorite, because she likes US history. Fine, so what are you studying right now?, I asked. Well, lately all our teacher has been talking about is McCain and Obama, she replied.
What about your art class? I asked. You like that one, right? Yeah, she said, but our art teacher is constantly talking about how she's a vegan.
She likes these teachers. She's a typical idealist bleeding heart kid. She's a smart kid, but still very much a skull full of mush.
I don't discuss politics with the kids, or any business contact, as a matter of policy, and I certainly wouldn't try to use my position to try to influence kids on stuff that is outside my perview. I think it's unethical. Obviously, that's not a concern for the young indoctrinators who are our teachers.
But I was pretty annoyed by what she told me, and so I said to her that those teachers were trying to subvert the minds of children. Why? she asked, probably not knowing what subversion is, poor innocent thing.
I said it's because they are using their position as teacher to try to influence you on subjects that are not their responsibility, and have nothing at all to do with what they are supposed to be teaching. She replied, you should write a book. You say so many interesting things...blah blah. Impressionable minds.
Look, I said, just do me a favor, and try not to be too influenced by people. By anyone. As you get older, you'll learn from experience what life is about, and how things work. Just take everything with a big grain of salt, and be patient and you will learn for yourself.
Sorry for the long story. Just needed to get it off my chest.
It's not an isolated incident. All I told her was to think for herself, and beware. I didn't push my point of view on her, and when asked who I am voting for, I don't tell.
Bottom line is that we are losing the war to the commies, who are polluting the minds of children.
The same thing happened in the late 80s when I was in High School. Looking back I know which teachers were liberal and which teachers were conservatives - it’s clear to see now. My favorite English teacher - who I LOVED - was an unabashed liberal. Again, I see it clearly now, but as a teen? Not so much... Socialism is so attractive to teens because they want so badly to live in a good world. It is only when one gets REAL world experience that they begin to truly understand human nature and why socialism could never work, and why it always turns into communism in practice...
I sympathize with you. I have often thought about how I could get through to kids that were so much like me - liberal because we believed the propaganda pushed at us, and honestly just didn’t know any better... I’m still trying to figure it out.
One ironic thing that might make you feel a little better... That favorite teacher of mine? One thing he taught us was critical thinking skills - it’s the one skill that I think helped me to “wake up” and realize what was going on. He made a point to teach us that if we truly disagreed with him, we should stand up and say so — just back it up with proof. We may not have stood up then, but it’s the exact same thing I do now - against people like him. In his effort to indoctrinate us, he inadvertently taught us the exact skill we needed to see through HIS propaganda.
Don’t lose faith, the ones who are truly intelligent will begin to understand as they mature. If that were not the case, I wouldn’t be posting this message to you here at FR. :)