“Teaching as a Subversive Activity”: The Theory of Political Indoctrination
"Fortunately, I had my trusty camera with me, so I was able not only to snap a few pictures but also record several key portions of his speech, which I found so eye-opening that I felt the general public deserved to hear it as well." The slideshow used in this course
Schools, Indoctrination Centers? "The Christian response is to be aware specifically of the conditions in one's local school district, especially if one's own children, grandchildren, etc., attend. Secondly, one must bring to the attention of school boards problems of anti-religious bias. To do this, curriculum materials and textbooks must be examined and students asked as to what was discussed in the class."
How many of us have read the textbooks that our children study from?
NY Times: Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy "Sometimes, Jennifer Ross feels she cannot make a move at home without inviting the scorn of her daughters, 10-year-old Grace and 7-year-old Eliza. The Acura MDX she drives? A flagrant polluter. The bath at night to help her relax? A wasteful indulgence. The reusable shopping bags she forgot, again? Tsk, tsk."
Today’s Public Schools – Pagan Religion Indoctrination Centers
Governor signs Leno's FAIR Act "The FAIR Act also prohibits classroom instruction and school-sponsored activities that promote a discriminatory bias on the basis of sexual orientation, and requires that social-sciences textbooks and other social sciences instructional material used in California adhere to the bill's requirements."
Howard Zinn and Saul Alinsky must be looking down and smiling now
"“People were teaching about the history of corporate personhood, the war in Afghanistan, the early women’s rights movement, and the link between industrialization and imperialism.” In other words, to these characters, elementary and high schools are not left-wing enough."
"Fortunately, I had my trusty camera with me, so I was able not only to snap a few pictures but also record several key portions of his speech, which I found so eye-opening that I felt the general public deserved to hear it as well." The slideshow used in this course
"...you will find six audio clips... followed by six exact transcriptions. .The lecture was nearly two hours long in full, far too long to present in a short essay like this...so what you see here are only excerpts; but they’re a fair representation of the overall lecture.....
Following each clip are brief comments and analyses by me.
"The expression on his face conveys how he feels about the counter-arguments presented on the PowerPoint slide."
There was one dissenter:
"...this guy pictured here emerged as the hero of the day. He was the only person to speak his mind and basically call Brown out on the carpet. I don’t have a tape of his exact words, but he basically said, “Are you nuts? My job, like yours, is to teach English to immigrants; and all they want is to learn the language. Period. Politics is completely beside the point, and the reason students get mad at you is not the specifics of your viewpoints, but because you’re wasting their time on social issues when all they want to learn is the grammar of an unfamiliar language. Get over yourself, and get back to basics.”"Well, it wasn’t quite that direct, and it was said with a thick Indian accent, but that was the gist of it. I was so impressed, I later took this picture of him."
Schools, Indoctrination Centers? "The Christian response is to be aware specifically of the conditions in one's local school district, especially if one's own children, grandchildren, etc., attend. Secondly, one must bring to the attention of school boards problems of anti-religious bias. To do this, curriculum materials and textbooks must be examined and students asked as to what was discussed in the class."
How many of us have read the textbooks that our children study from?
NY Times: Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy "Sometimes, Jennifer Ross feels she cannot make a move at home without inviting the scorn of her daughters, 10-year-old Grace and 7-year-old Eliza. The Acura MDX she drives? A flagrant polluter. The bath at night to help her relax? A wasteful indulgence. The reusable shopping bags she forgot, again? Tsk, tsk."
Today’s Public Schools – Pagan Religion Indoctrination Centers
"Sitting cross-legged in the circle, the class sang a song to honor the earth: ...The Earth is our Mother. We’re taking care of her. . . ."Your School might be an Indoctrination Center if…
....If your child has to read stories about social inequality and is made to feel guilty about living in a nice neighborhood and having 3 meals a day....
Governor signs Leno's FAIR Act "The FAIR Act also prohibits classroom instruction and school-sponsored activities that promote a discriminatory bias on the basis of sexual orientation, and requires that social-sciences textbooks and other social sciences instructional material used in California adhere to the bill's requirements."Howard Zinn and Saul Alinsky must be looking down and smiling now
"“People were teaching about the history of corporate personhood, the war in Afghanistan, the early women’s rights movement, and the link between industrialization and imperialism.” In other words, to these characters, elementary and high schools are not left-wing enough."
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