American public schools: Working just as designed

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Monday, January 21, 2002 | Vox Day

[JohnHuang2]

The American public schools are not failing. Quite the contrary, in fact; they are succeeding at doing exactly what they were designed to do. The problem that has inspired so much press and political action over the past 30 years is one of cognitive dissonance, not performance. Education, you see, in the eyes of the educational establishment, is not about reading, writing and arithmetic, as so many misguided parents believe, but about directing the development of children into the kind of adults the establishment and its supporters want them to become.

As William Torey Harris, one of the fathers of the public school system, once wrote: "This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual."

Subsumption of the individual to what? The State, of course. There is nothing more dangerous to the would-be Guardians of the State than individuals with a strong moral code who are capable of independent thought. This is why the destruction of the traditional one-room schoolhouse became necessary, and it is also why the home-school movement is considered such a dangerous threat, not only by the educationalists, but also by those who favor a strong central government. Totalitarians have always placed great emphasis on maintaining tight control of the schools, as they know that children free to develop as independent thinkers will inevitably resist control of their minds, bodies and spirits.

Indeed, it may come as a surprise to most to learn that the concept of the classroom was first developed in India, where it was used by the Brahmin caste to handicap the mental development of the far more numerous lower castes to keep them more easily in check. This is why it should not have been a surprise when the Washington Post quoted a study reporting that nine years of home school was essentially equivalent to 12 years in a public school or 11 in a private school.

But what about socialization? Again, the dragon of cognitive dissonance raises its ugly head. The socialization provided by the public schools has nothing to do with learning how to function as an adult in a civil society. Indeed, it is designed to do exactly the opposite by hurling the child into a savage environment where they are literally demoralized in every sense of the word.

I still remember riding on the bus during my last year of public school, sixth grade, and listening to a ninth-grader attempt to talk his girlfriend into sexually servicing his best friend. "But I don't want to f--- with him, I only want to f--- you!" she protested weakly. It was rather eye-opening stuff, even for a kid who'd been through a year of Sex Ed only two years before. Although I switched over to a private school the following year, by that time I'd already been properly socialized.

And let me share something with you parents who think that while most schools are in bad shape, yours is OK, and your good little children are doing just fine. The vast majority of you are totally wrong. They're not OK, and I know it for a fact because I knew parents like you back when I was in high school, when I was out partying with your sons on the sports team and having sex with your daughters in the youth group. The fact that you live in a nice community where everyone goes to church and drives a German import means nothing, and the fact that a school might send a few academic high flyers off to Harvard doesn't indicate that the moral foundation of its students has not been destroyed.

It is important to understand that there is no fix for this, because it is not a problem with the system. The school system we have today is exactly what it was designed to be – a place to detach children from the values of their parents, destroy their moral foundations and degrade their ability to think independently. There is no excuse for any parent who would knowingly sacrifice his son or daughter to the fires of this Moloch, no excuse for wittingly allowing a child to remain within the system for one day longer than necessary!

I have heard it said that home school is not for everyone, but I say that the American public school system is for no one, especially not the children of Christian parents. What fellowship can light have with darkness? Get a clue, and get your children out of the schools!

[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by DeaconBenjamin

[madfly]

ping, was going to post this, but found that it died right here, so I am reviving this great article.

[madfly]

Bumping for the kids.

[madfly]

Ping for the children.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Interesting article. I live in a "great" School district. I too found out that the problem isn't only in the innner city schools, but right here in my town. The problem is that public schools are doing exactly what the liberals and moral degenerates wnat it to do. To them public school is far from failing.

[madfly]

See this thread on UNA-USA High School Model U.N. Conference

[Artist]

Homeschool bump!

[Artist]

Thanks for posting this article.

[KentuckyWoman]

Thanks for the 'ping'!

Sadly, most parents REFUSE to see the inherent problems with their own local schools because it makes it easier for them to continue with their own pursuits instead of having to worry about what's best for their children.

Do an on-line search for ANYTHING written by John Taylor Gatto. He was a New York state teacher of the year and speaks from experience about what is happening in our public indoctrination centers...err....schools. Also, anything by Charlotte Iserbyt is highly recommended for those seeking the truth about why the schools were designed the way they were. It is social engineering at its finest and most people simply refuse to see.

See our web site at Wilson County Parents and click on the Recommended Reading link on the left for books by both authors. We own everything on the list and use them constantly for reference while trying to educate other parents and prospective parents about the dangers of public schooling.

[Artist]

Thanks for reposting this article.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

John this is one of your very finest efforts. I wonder how many FReepers will dismiss it as reactionary?? I hope and pray very few!!

[joathome]

Present and accounted for, and pinging!

[glc1173@aol.com]

"Education, you see, in the eyes of the educational establishment, is not about reading, writing and arithmetic, as so many misguided parents believe, but about directing the development of children into the kind of adults the establishment and its supporters want them to become." (WorldNetDaily)

I'd disagree. The government-school industry is about an "agenda" all right - providing jobs at all costs to as many teachers, staff, and bureaucrats as possible.

In 1978, when I was in high school, I said that government schools were - at the elementary-school level - mainly free day care for parents. The teacher I said that to didn't dispute it.

By the late 1990s, the Washington ComPost reported that 1 in 83 kids in Maryland's schools were on supervised probation - so many that the state was assigning probation officers to the schools! In effect, high schools have become correctional institutions - for courts that no longer will incarcerate under-18 felons before rape or murder convictions, but instead use the schools as halfway houses by putting the young felon on probation conditioned on school attendance.

Inside the NEA

[madfly]

Thanks for the link. I'm getting very passionate about kids learning how to think and question and learn without being led down some global-agenda driven road to Outcome based results.

So far, I see the need to get the laws changed that don't allow a family to teach any additional kids, and that sucks, for the child whose parents can't read or solve math problems etc.

We have the largest number of Charter Schools in Arizona, but one must be careful in choosing. Some of those school train the teacher in Calif. in the study of Theosophy and Anthroposophy and it's some weird, whacky stuff, johnny! Do a search and prepare to be alarmed.

[EdReform]

Education News bump

[patriot_wes]

Thought I'd throw in a few choice and timely quotes here...

....Peter Hoaglund - Nebraska Senator and Humanist member of the Nebraska Board of Education said this in 1983 … "Fundamentalists have no right to indoctrinate their children in their beliefs. We are preparing their children for the year 2000 and life in a global one-world society and those children will not fit in!"

John Dunphy in The Humanist 1986 said “The battle for man-kinds future must be won in the classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as proselytizers of a new faith that will replace Christianity”

....Adolph Hitler said….”Let me control the textbooks and I will control the state. The state will take youth and give to youth it’s own education and it’s own upbringing. Your child belongs to us already….what are you?”

Dr. W. Pierce of Harvard University said in 1973…”Every 5 year old student is mentally ill, because he comes to school with allegiance toward elected officials, founding fathers, institutions, government, patriotism, nationalism and sovereignty - all of these prove the child is sick because the well individual is one who has rejected all of these things and is what I call a true international child of the future”.

[madfly]

Talk about your evil-doers! wow. I suppose they had a hand in the writing of the new text books, little by little, cutting and pasting, ripping out, revising, indoctrinating our children, who are the adults today so wrapped up in World Governance and all the other sub-plots of the master plan. [I feel like I'm in a bad dream]

See this thread from last July. "45 Goals of American Communism (You Will Be STUNNED at What They Achieved!!) published in 1961

[Stand Watch Listen]

...but about directing the development of children into the kind of adults the establishment and its supporters want them to become..

Here are links to various education threads (also containing numerous helpful links)

FReegards

Public School Isn't Like I Remember It
Too Good Reports; Published: February 28, 2002;
Author: Phyllis Schlafly

What Is Lacking In Our Educational System
Source: Too Good Reports; Published: February 28, 2002;
Author:| Ben Cerruti

The charade of education reform
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: February 2, 2002;
Author: Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld

High Schools Fail Thanks To Grade Inflation And Social Promotion
Source: Toogood Reports; Published: December 5, 2001
Author: Vin Suprynowicz

WHY AMERICANS CAN’T READ
Source: Accuracy in Media; Published: December 4, 2001
Author: Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid

The Failing Teacher and the Teachers' Code of Silence
Source: CNSNews.com; Published: December 3, 2001
Author: Glenn Sacks

Time for outrage! Linda Bowles reports latest results in America's public schools
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: November 27, 2001
Author: Linda Bowles

Illiterate in Boston: Samuel Blumenfeld explains U.S.'s ongoing reading problem
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: July 20, 2001
Author:Samuel Blumenfeld

NEA - Let our children go!
Source: WorldNet Daily; Published: June 23. 2001
Author: Linda Harvey

COOKING THE BOOKS AT EDUCATION
Source: Accuracy In Media; Published: June 5, 2001;
Author: Cliff Kincaid

Why Do Schools Play Games With Students' Minds ?
Source: The Detroit News; Published: April 1, 2001
Author: Thomas Sowell

The Public School Nightmare: Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought?
Source: http://home.talkcity.com/LibraryDr/patt/homeschl.htm
Author: John Taylor Gatto

Dumbing down teachers
Source: USNews.com; Published: February 21, 2001
Author: John Leo

Free Republic links to education related articles (thread#8)
Source: Free Republic; Published: 3-20-2001
Author: Various

Are children deliberately 'dumbed down' in school? {YES!!!}
Source: World Net Daily; Published: May 13, 2001
Author: Geoff Metcalf {Interview}

New Book Explores America's Education Catastrophe
Source: Christian Citizen USA; Published: April 2000
Author: William H. Wild

Deliberately dumbing us down (Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt's, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America"
Source: WorldNetDaily.com; Published: December 2,1999
Author: Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Could they really have done it on purpose?
Source: THE LIBERTARIAN; Published: 07/28/2000
Author: Vin Suprynowicz

Littleton Crisis to Government Control

The UN Plan for Your Mental Health

[Zeroisanumber]

Again with the public schools.

I really don't see a major problem with public schools. I went to an inner-city public school, and it had the same problems as other schools in the nation: Violence, drugs, whatnot. We also had a pretty decent school band, a champion debate team, and a kick butt basketball program.

No, it wasn't as good as a private school, but I came out more or less intact with a good education and a good shot at college.

[madfly]

I went to an inner-city public school, and it had the same problems as other schools in the nation: Violence, drugs, whatnot.

Can you clarify this with the year you graduated from High School, and in what inner-city.
Also, what college you refer to?

The changes made in school curriculums was done in increments over time. It seems to me the 90's was a full-charge-ahead decade, perhaps a race to 2000 by the elite global powers-that-be.