Public school is still public school...even in the middle of Flyover-Jesusland, many teachers slant very left. We desperately need to get conservatives into the bastions of higher education.
Absolutely. Indoctrination and behavior modification in public schools are the result of the policies of the DOE and the influence of the NEA. Many in academia approve of these policies and vigorously defend public "education". They maintain that indoctrination is not taking place in public schools. Instead, they claim that today's educators are simply viewing history and other subjects from a new and enlightened perspective.
Is it "indoctrination" or an "enlightened perspective" that is attempting to shape the opinions of today's youth? As an example students in 2008 (2000 juniors and seniors from all 50 states. The study was reported in the February 5th, 2008 edition of USA Today then posted in the March issue of The Journal of American History) were instructed to list the most famous Americans in history — from the time of Columbus up to the current year. The only restriction placed on them was that presidents and first ladies could not be named. From the time of Columbus (1492) to the year 2008 covers a wide range of persons to choose from. During those centuries, there were countless exceptional Americans.
Below is the published summary of the students' lists of the "top 10" most famous Americans in history, ranked in order on their importance, with the percentage of students who chose each person:
1. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 67%
2. Rosa Parks: 60%
3. Harriet Taubman: 44%
4. Susan B. Anthony: 34%
5. Benjamin Franklin: 29%
6. Amelia Earhart: 25%
7. Oprah Winfrey: 22%
8. Marilyn Monroe: 19%
9. Thomas Edison: 18%
10. Albert Einstein: 16%
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It is another illustration of the ongoing revisionist accounts of history. It is significant to note how pop-culture influenced this list is. Based on the students' choices, it appears that public schools not only indoctrinate students but also dumb-down the learning material presented in classes. This is another illustration that when the central government has a monopoly on public education, fair and balanced presentations of history suffer. What results are listless programmed minds of malleable young students conditioned to accommodate the state's goals.
Can you say democrat voter?