[ExSoldier]

I teach high school economics, history, psychology & sociology. The Psychology text states that the purpose of psychology is to attempt to predict & control human behavior. The sociology text is LOADED with references to globalism. I had my students COUNT the number of times variations on the word global(ism) was stated in a single chapter (approx18 pages) and the count was about SIXTY TIMES. The point I wanted to make to them is that much learning takes place during repitition. The sociology text is state adopted. That means every secondary school sociology teacher is using the same text by mandate. They have no choice.

From speaking to my colleagues in this subject I have determined that most of Miami-Dade County has signed onto the full agenda. OTOH, I'm diverting from the text to teach my students how to SPOT an agenda...ANY agenda when one is run on them. I do this by pointing out that everything is a potential subject. When all sides of a subject are discussed it becomes an issue. But when only ONE SIDE of a subject is discussed, that subject usually becomes an AGENDA.

Typically the fomentor of an agenda only wants to push said agenda because he or she wishes the class to act in a certain way in the future....or not to "act" at all. This can be sharply illuminated when alternative sides or viewpoints are posited only to be met with extreme hostility or derision. This is the common thread in the classrooms of higher learning today. Especially the university underclassmen. However, by that time, the public school curriculum has usually done their job in lockstep except for a few mavericks like myself.

[Quix]

Great post.

Soooooooooooo true.

Please keep up the great work.

[DumpsterDiver]

OTOH, I'm diverting from the text to teach my students how to SPOT an agenda...ANY agenda when one is run on them. I do this by pointing out that everything is a potential subject. When all sides of a subject are discussed it becomes an issue. But when only ONE SIDE of a subject is discussed, that subject usually becomes an AGENDA.

Thanks for opening the minds of your students and giving them a chance to see what's going on. I was reading your profile page and liked seeing this:

"You'd be surprised at the general reactions of students once they see how badly they have been conned by teachers, clergy and even parents their whole lives. I make them do the research and discuss the various agendas in all that we cover. I find that truth often (not always, but mostly) wins."

[texastoo]

Your post is excellent. No doubt, your students will remember you some day when that agenda becomes a reality. The word globalism or a variation is used 60 times in 18 pages. Unreal!

Just curious, are you teaching the definitions to the words "secretariat and ministers"? Are these words used?

[Quix]

Are you using Zimbardo's text?

I really like him. But our school uses a different one. Our text has plenty of plain untrue statements in it. Of course, I present the other side! LOL.