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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
We've been talking about this "invisible government" over on the other thread. Specifically as regards education, what in your opinion is the agenda of the people you're talking about? You mentioned earlier something about "rewriting American history." It is certainly true that U.S. history as taught in school today is very different from the way it was taught decades ago. For example, there was a time when the brutality inflicted on the American Indians was not covered at all when discussing westward expansion, and when schools in the south glossed over the issue of slavery. Education today is a lot less uncritically patriotic than it used to be. Is this the sort of thing you're talking about? On the face of it, this change seems to me to be a good one; how does it serve the agenda of the "invisible government" you're talking about? Or do you mean something else?
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The change I am talking about is the change in focus away from the founding fathers beliefs in individual liberty and a focus on collectivism.
Today children are taught to be "children of the world."
There is an example, in the documentary I posted several pages back, that discusses a test that was taken in PA.
One of the kids who took this test went home and told his mom that they had to take this test and that it was very strange. The mother tried to get a copy of the test, so she could see the questions and the school said no.
After that she tried to sue to get a copy of the test.
Our kids are intentionally being dumbed down.
Dewey's philosophies have been adopted and these philosophies are what is now driving education.....
John Dewey stated in 1899: "Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming where everyone is interdependent."
Dewey also wrote...
"I believe, therefore, that the true center of correlation on the school subjects is not science, nor literature, nor history, nor geography, but the child's own social activities.”
These philosophies have moved education from "traditional" education, to outcome based education..
All kids are now required to meet goals at the same time, before the class can move forward. Smarter kids are often giving busy work, in order to give slower kids time to learn the same information.
Do you know the goals of OBE?
Do you know where the goals came from?
Documentaries.WS: Content / Documentaries & Videos / Who Controls Our Children ? (Public Education Dumb Down Kids Deliberately) 60 Minutes
The above documentary is an hour long. If you are truly interested in learning about all of this, it is a great starting point.
"COLLECTIVISM" is now the main goal of OBE. You are not supposed to question the "norms" of society. You are not supposed to think like an individual. School is not about teaching information, it is about molding attitudes and perceptions.
The test given until 1989 was called the EQA. This is the test a mother tried to get a copy of and it took her a while before she could get a copy. She then showed that this test was actually a psychological test and the courts agreed, so Pennsylvania stopped the test. The EQA has now been revised, but it is still basically the same test, just it asks more questions on subjects.
I urge you to watch the above documentary.
It is one single hour out of your life.
I would really be interested in your opinion on this piece, if you are willing to watch it.