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Originally Posted by Technocratic_Utilitarian
Indoctrination is NewsSpeak conservatives use to disguise the fact that they don't want their children to learn things they don't approve of. Schools prevent parents from isolating and indoctrinating their kids into their bizarre world viwes. Naturally, it's seen as threatening, as they lose power over their kids minds.
For example, evolution. They don' want no damn teacher-man telling their kids theyza come from no darn'd monkeys. They would like nothing more than to cushion and molly-coddle their kids, wrapping them in little ideological bubbles. Anything that breaks that power is automatically disdained.
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I guess so, but I'm just having a hard time seeing basic education as government indoctrination, really. Facts are facts, texts are texts, and governments typically don't "dictate" what's on the curriculum, except for certain broad acheivement objectives.
I don't really see how teaching Jimmy how to read or algebra as politicized "indoctrination". Is there some alternative to that I am unaware of? As far as I know, kids barely have any concept of party philosophy at all, and both liberals and conservatives benefit from being able to write a book report coherently.
Chan, you'll have to explain exactly how basic education constitutes "indoctrination", because I am just not seeing it. Are you wanting the kids to have the choice and freedom to make up their own geometry rules? Let them write however they want? If so, is that going to be all that helpful later in life?
I remember hating learning long division, and, sure, I thought my teacher was oppressive and evil, when I was 12. But I can't really recall anything sinister about geography. Looking back, a course on household finance would be a great addition to the H.S. curriculum....otherwise, I think my schooling prepared me for life pretty well, overall. I can't even imagine not being able to read.
Considering that people from all over the political spectrum come out of the public school system, I don't see any evidence for "indoctrination", per se.
'Splain?