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The Role of 'Educators'

caspr Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 2:01 PM

Anyone with any doubts about the truth of Mr. Sowell's column should run straight out and get Marlin Maddoux's book entitled "Public Education Against America". It is well-written and chock full of references from experts and studies done over the past several decades. It will scare the pants off any parent with children in the primary & secondary education systems. Read it, and prepare yourself for the onslaught of indoctrination if you're not already in the middle of it.

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The Role of 'Educators'

Many years ago, as a young man, I read a very interesting book about the rise of the Communists to power in China. In the last chapter, the author tried to explain why and how this had happened.

Among the factors he cited were the country's educators. That struck me as odd, and not very plausible, at the time. But the passing years have made that seem less and less odd, and more and more plausible. Today, I see our own educators playing a similar role in creating a mindset that undermines American society.

Schools were once thought of as places where a...

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