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Who is John Locke?

American49 Wrote: Jul 12, 2010 2:52 PM
Who is John Locke? Very good question, indeed. But this article leads to more questions than the one posed as a topic. Why did the author not ask the question about Marx in the school himself, instead of leaving a message for his son? THAT is the real question of the topic? Why was Marx being taught? We cannot gather from this article. Why was Lenin? Again, nothing. Stalin? Ditto. More questions than answers, but from the article we do know one thing, if we are to take the article at face value: the parents didn't engage the teacher, or the principle. Animal Farm is a good book, but Nineteen Eighty Four is better, because it teaches us that totalitarianism can occur anywhere, which is why Airstrip One was located in...

I am willing to wager my house that not one of my son’s seventh-grade classmates could identify John Locke in a photo. I am then willing to let that wager ride on another gamble that less than one percent of the seventh or eighth-graders in the Los Angeles Unified School District would be able to identify Locke in a photo array of historical figures. Double or nothing that not only would they not know who he is, but they would also have no idea of why he is important. I would then bet my entire stack of chips that a substantially...

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