[MD] Education

[MarshaV]

Okay, I watched the entire talk...

Down with Spinoza!  Down with Darwin!!!   Hip hip hurray for John 
Taylor Gatto!!!




At 02:32 AM 6/15/2009, you wrote:

>John,
>
>I looked again and this time found the C-SPAN talk.  Oriinally I 
>only heard the last twenty minutes, but I thought it quite 
>important.  If you get a chance you might enjoy watching it.
>
>http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=FV-10280
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>Marsha
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>At 01:08 AM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
>>"Open Source Learning"   I like that.
>>
>>
>>Here is a demonstration that the harm school inflicts is quite rational and
>>deliberate, following high-level political theories constructed by Plato,
>>Calvin, Spinoza, Fichte, Darwin, Wundt, and others, which contend the term
>>"education" is meaningless because humanity is strictly limited by
>>necessities of biology, psychology, and theology. The real function of
>>pedagogy is to render the common population manageable.
>>
>>Realizing that goal demands that the young be conditioned to rely upon
>>experts, remain divided from natural alliances, and accept disconnections
>>from the experiences that create self-reliance and independence.
>>
>>Escaping this trap requires a different way of growing up, one Gatto calls
>>"open source learning." In chapters such as "A Letter to Kristina, my
>>Granddaughter"; "Fat Stanley"; and "Walkabout:London," this different
>>reality is illustrated.
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>>On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:11 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
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>> > Just heard (c-span xm-radio) this author describe the thesis of his book.
>> >  Very interesting...
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>> http://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Mass-Instruction-Schoolteachers-Compulsory/dp/0865716315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244977310&sr=1-1
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>> > Marsha
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