We have believed that education is the antidote to “tyranny imposed upon the mind of man”, in that it is neutral, objective, and based on rational study, independent thought, science, and facts. That is indeed true of education. But why was education not ever addressed in the Constitution? If education and “the mind of man” is so obvious…
We have believed that education is the antidote to “tyranny imposed upon the mind of man”, in that it is neutral, objective, and based on rational study, independent thought, science, and facts. That is indeed true of education. But why was education not ever addressed in the Constitution? If education and “the mind of man” is so obviously crucial to preventing tyranny and so essential to a good life, liberty, and happiness, why did the founders fail to mention it?
The answer, I believe, is that it had never occurred to them that education, like freedom of the press and freedom of (or from) religion would be an issue. It had never occurred to them that education would be something imposed as religion and false information or suppression of the press had been imposed. They are turning over in their graves still today because of the attempts to force education through school attendance laws.
Education is neutral, objective, and based on rational study, independent thought, science, and facts. Schooling, when required by law and part of a bureaucratic structure based on legal authority can never claim to be significantly any of those things. Someone with power and authority decides what will be “taught” and what will be studied and learned. Somebody has the ability to whitewash history as has been done for generations since the Civil War ended and the ability to portray the eradication of indigenous peoples as just so much necessary progress of civilization. It’s political and social and it is human engineering through behavioral modification. Children need order, structure, discipline, and lots and lots of instruction, especially moral instruction (modelled after religious training), do they not?
Controlling the inculcation of children into society and their curriculum is tyranny imposed upon the mind of man. It is time to connect the dots and take off the rose colored glasses about schooling forced upon the people. It is not education, nor will it ever be education. And, if Thom Hartmann and liberal/progressives cannot figure that out, we truly are up that proverbial creek without a paddle or any hope.
"Schooling, when required by law and part of a bureaucratic structure based on legal authority can never claim to be significantly any of those things."
Bull. Statistically, the vast majority benefit and we've come a long way thanks to the LBJ Education Act and especially IDEA. Approximately 20% of the general population need a hand up, and many of them need an IEP, individualized educational prescription, which is applied to all students in some states.
We have believed that education is the antidote to “tyranny imposed upon the mind of man”, in that it is neutral, objective, and based on rational study, independent thought, science, and facts. That is indeed true of education. But why was education not ever addressed in the Constitution? If education and “the mind of man” is so obviously crucial to preventing tyranny and so essential to a good life, liberty, and happiness, why did the founders fail to mention it?
The answer, I believe, is that it had never occurred to them that education, like freedom of the press and freedom of (or from) religion would be an issue. It had never occurred to them that education would be something imposed as religion and false information or suppression of the press had been imposed. They are turning over in their graves still today because of the attempts to force education through school attendance laws.
Education is neutral, objective, and based on rational study, independent thought, science, and facts. Schooling, when required by law and part of a bureaucratic structure based on legal authority can never claim to be significantly any of those things. Someone with power and authority decides what will be “taught” and what will be studied and learned. Somebody has the ability to whitewash history as has been done for generations since the Civil War ended and the ability to portray the eradication of indigenous peoples as just so much necessary progress of civilization. It’s political and social and it is human engineering through behavioral modification. Children need order, structure, discipline, and lots and lots of instruction, especially moral instruction (modelled after religious training), do they not?
Controlling the inculcation of children into society and their curriculum is tyranny imposed upon the mind of man. It is time to connect the dots and take off the rose colored glasses about schooling forced upon the people. It is not education, nor will it ever be education. And, if Thom Hartmann and liberal/progressives cannot figure that out, we truly are up that proverbial creek without a paddle or any hope.
"Schooling, when required by law and part of a bureaucratic structure based on legal authority can never claim to be significantly any of those things."
Bull. Statistically, the vast majority benefit and we've come a long way thanks to the LBJ Education Act and especially IDEA. Approximately 20% of the general population need a hand up, and many of them need an IEP, individualized educational prescription, which is applied to all students in some states.