Great article, it's no illusion or generation gap theory either.
Wizard is right, and ditto to Hortensia's experiences. One time I passed a group of young teen boys (16 age group) and said "Excuse me" so I could get by them, and they said, "There's No Excuse for You..." (and they were not joking, but were snarly and nasty).
Primarily it's the public school system, purposefully being used to do exactly that, dumb down the kids AND change their "world view" to that of a "good global citizen robot"; then add corrupt television programming; junk food; and idiot parents who don't have a clue what is really going on in the world. Those are the kids that end up the worse off. Parents with their eyes open usually do something about it, homeschool, private school, clean up the diets, limit the brain-drain and moral corruption of today's TV, etc.
/ag
-------------------------------------
Resources... I'm sure there's many more out there...
THE DELIBERATE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA
http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/pages/book.htm
A WHISTLEBLOWER'S ACCOUNT - Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, blew the whistle in the '80s on government activities withheld from the public. Her inside knowledge will help you protect your children from controversial methods and programs.
[...]
A CHRONOLOGICAL PAPER TRAIL - the deliberate dumbing down of america is a chronological history of the past 100+ years of education reform. - read more at the website.
[...]
-------------------------------------------
EDUCATE OR ENSLAVE: CHANGING OUR CHILDREN'S WORLD VIEW
Three United Nations Programs: Outcome Based Education, Goals 2000, School-to-Work -- These cradle-to-grave "improvement" plans are designed to reshape our national values and belief systems through our children. Learn the origin of all these programs, showing how they are designed to completely change the values systems and worldview of our precious children. Throughout the Clinton and Bush Administrations, these UN programs steadily made inroads into our educational curricula, reshaping the minds of our precious children into "Global Citizens".
-------------------------------------------
HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION: FROM HARVARD SCHOLARS TO WORKER BEES
The radical turning point of the 'Dumbing down of education' by two left-wing socialists, Horace Mann and John Dewey, in the mid 1800's and early 1900's. ... Discover the horrifying agenda of the National Education Association, Kinsey Institute, S.I.E.C.U.S., and also the homosexual agenda to teach preschoolers the 'ABC's of being gay' and first graders' 'Gay-Ed for Tots'. See how the gradual infiltration of secular humanism, values clarification, situation ethics, alternative lifestyles, progressive education, and behavior modification led to well orchestrated take-over of our schools.
See an 18 page letter to Hillary Clinton on how to take over our schools Marxist-Lenist style. Understand the real role of 'Goals 2000' and 'School-To-Work'. Learn about the U.N. 'World Core Curriculum' and its philosophy came from ... channeler named Annie Besant, House of Theosophy, etc.
------------------------------------------------
Look up "OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION" for more info...
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/tnmfobe1196.html
Dumber than Dirt ?
by JH 23 Replies latest jw friends
-
abbagail
-
Crafty Lady
I taught high school for 17 years before having a career change. It seems that we will always have high and low functioning people, but the average kid seems to be "dumbed down." They make fun of each other if someone tries to do well. Then, of course, all this self-esteem stuff came out. Goodness gracious, don't you know that child will be scarred for life if they fail your class. They're usually really nice kids but you really worry about their future.
Crafty
-
eclipse
I second what JD said.
-
Hortensia
If you want your kids to be bright and intelligent and educated, you have to do it yourself. You take your kids to the library, show them it's fun to pick out books and take them home and read them. Let your children see you reading all the time, and not just magazines, read books with no pictures in them! Turn off the television, and when you do watch it, point out the erroneous thinking. Just the commercials alone are full of things to discuss. If you love reading and get your kids to read, they will learn to love learning.