Overall I received a fairly decent public education. But without a doubt I was educated very thoroughly about the following:
- global warming and pollution (which is real)
- the horrors of Nazi Germany
- the horror of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
- the dark history of slavery in the United States.
Now all of the above is fine. Students should be taught about those specific evils in history. But this is what I was never heard about in public school:
- China and India are exponentially worse carbon emitters than the United States and Western Europe.
- Renewable energy is often a misnomer e. g. lithium mining has arguably worse side effects than coal mining
- Imperial Japan terrorized the pacific and committed several grave crimes against humanity during WW2. Read about the “rape of Nanking” to see what I am talking about.
- the transatlantic slave trade started with African tribes capturing other Africans and selling them as slaves.
- Joseph Stalin arguably killed more people than Adolf Hitler
Now does all the above justify the atrocities western countries committed? Hell no. Not for a second. But the fact leftist public educators purposely omitted those inconvenient facts f*cking infuriates me. It’s disgusting.
At best they were ignorant themselves about those historical atrocities. But if they purposely omitted those facts than this really is communistic education.
The purpose of childhood education - public, private, or homeschooled - is to give you an indoctrination... Indoctrination in understanding the basics of the world, society, and culture that you live in so, when you are on your own as an adult, you are capable of surviving.
I've said this for years: "The purpose of going to school is to learn the purpose of going to school." Think about that, because it's true. You may not realize that at 13, but you will by the time your kids are school age.
Why not both? In the early days of schooling in the United states, education was mostly left to the parents. Parents, specifically mothers, tried teaching their children what they knee about the world as well as their beliefs. Of course there were already schools by the time the us became independent and even before that but it was largely just a community getting together, people who live next to each other and regularly talk are more likely to share the same beliefs. Later, largely due to the Catholics vs Protestants, the American government took over schooling (I think this was before the cold war, when the usa remained pretty libertarian/capitalistic). If home schooling have benefited children more like how helped Avant, what do you think public school is doing?
Public school have become much like prisons. They don't do much education but they may excel in indoctrination.
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Even back when I was in elementary school indoctrination existed in the classrooms. I still remember this silly song that we were taught to sing:
"If you visit American cites, you may find them very pretty. There are just two things that you must be aware; don't drink the water and don't breathe the air.
(Chorus) Pollution, pollution, you can use the latest toothpaste. Then rinse your mouth with industrial waste."
I thought it was bullshit at age 10, and I imagine it is even worse now.
Look the purpose of gov't schools has always had an indoctrination component.
My state Victoria in Australia was right into free education of the masses. For several reasons one of which was we had a gold rush and had pots of money and we saw ourselves building a nation. (Sadly we got pulled into being part of Australia).
Anyway my great grandad was part of this. One of the rationales for investing in this was to build morale fibre in the kiddies. It was stated quite clearly because the gov't knew what morale upbringing would otherwise be and the goal was to forge good citizens.
The gov't also knew what would happen in cramped housing and whilst it wasn't explicity stated invested in public housing. One bedroom for the parents, one for the boy children and one for the girl children.
The reason why children struggle in the essentials is because the 3 Rs have been cut down a lot to fit in gender studies etc etc etc.
Its gone off the rails.
It’s indoctrination. Kids sent to Catholic schools are taught the Catechism and Dovma of the Catholic Church. Kids sent to government school are taught to worship government, hence the rise in socialism.
The average home schooled student tests in the 85tb percentile. You certainly seem more intelligent than more than 85% of the 13-year-olds out there.
Honestly, kids these days can do simple math. I have no idea what they are learning but its better than nothing I guess... you get what you pay for.
There day I learned that seniors in our state they can substitute American his for a class about Social Injustice.
Yup you heard me, indoctrination at it best.
Without any doubt, the primary purpose of public schools is indoctrination. Not one high school graduate in ten, let alone 8th grade students, could pass that 8th grade 1895 exam, even if the terminology was updated. Public schools are graduating black students that can't read their diploma.
I'm going to be perfectly honest here, It's kind of hard to say one way I see Government creeping it's way into indoctrinating kids into believing things that absolutely aren't true, On the otherhand I see the reverse in the same way to the extreme. So I keep a closer eye on my kid's than ever before or since in my life my quote kids are in their 20's two twin daughters and one son but they will always be my kids! Period!!
It used to be education/ now it is mostly leftist propaganda.
It depends on where you go to school most likely. Where I am in liberal California there is definitely an indoctrination agenda to make students think men are bad, White people are bad, Christians are bad, and that they can change their gender. Yes, even elementary age kids are having this BS pushed onto them.
Teachers are told exactly what they're going to teach and how to do it these days. It's mostly education, but the amount of indoctrination is worryingly high and is increasing.
Indoctrination they are teaching thd children what to think not how to think dumping them down, do you know that what I was thought 35-40 years ago is not being thought anymore instead some mess up fill with hate version of of it is
I don’t think i can speak fairly about the current state of public education. It definitely seems like we’re churning out more dummies every year! And i’ve read and heard some startling things, but i have no dog in the fight so it’s mostly hearsay.
Sometimes, I have to ask myself that SAME question.
It's SUPPOSED to be education but, these days, it's more indoctrination!!
These days the US public schools are all about indoctrination and controlling the masses. That's why liberals and feminists have a stranglehold on the public school system and are so against a private school voucher system.
I’ve had several multi paragraph responses to this question erase already, if the truth hurts too much just ban me already
Indoctrination, I've been there in the past 10 years and saw it firsthand so can say with no doubt
It used to be education but unfortunately it has migrated to indoctrination.
Overwhelmingly education. If indoctrination was the goal, they would be much more efficient. No, education is actually very important for the welfare of a country and its economy. If you're looking for a reason, follow the money.
indoctrination and education are synonyms. they mean the same thing, it's a matter of if you agree with what is being taught
Indoctrination gets my vote...
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