Wednesday, September 30, 2009

School Indoctrination is Nothing New..Planned 100 years ago..

The videos of young school children singing the praises of bho- a narcissistic- progressive-socialist- did not surprise me...
The Dark Side has been at the re- writing of American history and indoctrination in the schools for over a century...
Thus-teachings in the LA schools such as -learning the Koran-and imitating Muslim behavior to breed 'tolerance' for Muslims after 9-11 ----or the expunging of history of the character and vision of the likes of George Washington were overlooked...it was all done under the guise of PC tolerance or just a slow removal of true history...
It was PLANNED:
John Dewey and his 'pals' got together and actually planned the operation...(there were others afterward - but - these were the front-runners--Ayers and Alinsky were to follow)

When I decided to Homeschool my off-spring-it was purely for the pupose of teaching basics like phonics-arithmetic-and logic--
When our off-spring was 8 months old-my husband and I attended our first Homeschoolers Convention...
I was taking care of baby while husband attended an history seminar...
I was surprised when he came to find us-eyes a-glare-arms gesturing...
"Carol, you've got to hear this guy! Either we've been lied to or he's a kook!"
The man was Marshal Foster -Mayflower Institute -
That was the year of 1984--
My 180 turn had begun...
Note:I was a union rep for the Federation of Teachers...
I was pro-death---

Read it and weep
We've been asleep
C-CS

Wheww-the Wikip - has much of the information-so- I didn't have to find my book!!!

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been very influential. Dewey, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophy of pragmatism and of functional psychology. He was a major representative of the progressive and progressive populist[1] philosophies of schooling during the first half of the 20th century in the USA.[2]

Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience and nature, art and experience, logic and inquiry, democracy, and ethics.

In his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements—schools and civil society—as being major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality. Dewey asserted that complete democracy was to be obtained not just by extending voting rights but also by ensuring that there exists a fully-formed public opinion, accomplished by effective communication among citizens, experts, and politicians, with the latter being accountable for the policies they adopt......

He was a long-time member of the American Federation of Teachers.

Along with the historian Charles Beard, economists Thorstein Veblen and James Harvey Robinson, Dewey is one of the founders of The New School for Social Research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey

5 comments:

Z said...

And we BLITHELY accepted THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM IN SCHOOL! As if he's to be HONORED!
Like Norman Thomas High School in NY City...the PUBLIC school named after an AVOWED Socialist!

Somehow, my school wasn't touched by that kind of indoctrination...we learned FACTS and HISTORY not Leftist "we did nothing right, so even GEo Washington was always wrong because he had a slave" kinds of history. I think we even sang Christmas Carols! I'm not SURE, but I think so. I do NOT believe we prayed at Hazeltine Avenue Elementary School, however. Or Fulton Jr High. I know we didn't pray in Woodland Hills, where we moved when I was 13. (I'm saying where because I know you recognize where I'm talking about )

So, Carol, was that THE MOMENT? It would be hard for me to go from a union lefty teacher to HEALTHY after just that one incident. Did you wake up to the Pro Choice bunch then, too? I want more details! :-) I love conversion stories!

christian soldier said...

Z-we still sang Christmas Carols too...the slide was so gradual that no one noticed...
I do know that my Grandmother's 8th grade education was better than mine---
I have a copy of the New England Primer...it's so advanced that most 2nd graders today could not do well w/ it!!
BTW-I always re-check facts - even from my 'reformed' books---
the Dewey Decimal System was started by Melvil Dewey in 1876..not John Dewey...Melvil Dewey has an 'interesting' history too>>>

Z-man said...

My position on this is the same as soapie's, children are not the property of the State so more power to ya.

christian soldier said...

SM-I started Homeschooling 26 years ago---so- completed my avocation in that sphere--working on art with the message now...

christian soldier said...

Z-Man-the response above is for you--got to get a new key board :-)