Progressive Education Cont.

Ok, I left off explaining how John Dewey and his disciples were spreading their progressive agenda and ideals to thousands of college students. Now let me get into how that has effected our education system in the last hundred years.

Progressives have been continually assaulting education as we know it traditionally. Dewey said that the "traditional scheme...imposes adult standards, subject matter, and methods upon those who are only growing slowly toward maturity." So you see guys if we were all a little fester on the up-take then they wouldn't feel the need to change our education....yeah that's BS. No, the real reason they want to change education from the traditional order is because they want to keep us DUMB! If we are ignorant to how our government works, what kind of economic systems actually work and what ones don't, what our country stands for, what our country was founded on, and what our rights and duties as citizens are then they will have power over us. That is the only way that they can stay in power. The moment we get our heads on straight and understand that WE THE PEOPLE have the power; that is when the progressives lose. Now back to what I was saying.

"Dewey's pragmatism left little room for the education as it had been conceived over the centuries. Aside from the most basic fundamentals- reading, writing, and arithmetic say- education, or at least formal education has been premised on the belief that philosophers, historians, essayists, scientists, and theologians have discovered and learned much. But pragmatists would have none of that. They wanted to cast aside the religious and humane learning, experience, and revelations and to launch out into uncharted sea of the future, armed only with the determination to experiment and find out what would work in transforming man in his world."

That is a quote from the book and yes it is very lengthy, but I wanted you to see just how amazing this man's writing is. He wrote this 25 years ago and it sounds like he is describing August 20th, 2010! I mean think about it. People in our education system are predominantly telling us that we don't need to listen to our fathers, our grandfathers, or anyone who is older and wiser. No, no, no they're all old fashioned and they don't know about how the world is changing, they can't keep up with the times. You need to go out, find yourself (yeah that's a joke), and find your own way in this world. I'll tell you what. You go and do that and you will make history repeat itself. That's all you'll do. Instead of learning from your parents, humbly recognizing that they have valuable wisdom to impart to you, you will go out and make the same mistakes they did when you could avoid them just by stopping, listening, and learning. Why do you think we are in the worst economic times since the great depression (or so they say)? Because our politicians didn't learn from history! They forced their progressive agendas at us and we all plunged headlong right into them!

Ok, again, back to education. It's still happening today just to let you know. Progressive education may be at it's strongest right now actually. Progressives want to, in their own words, "socialize" the young. "To foster this, they emphasized the importance of what they called 'child-centered' education, that is, focusing on the values and desires of children rather using the schools to inculcate what adults wanted." So again it's all about the children, remember. We are doing it for the kids. Yeah...that's BS too. No the only thing they are doing is getting smart and realizing that without parents input they can focus on what the children want which is, because or our fallen sin nature, going to be selfish sinful values and desires. You have to give it to them, they are very smart. They are able to "change schooling, change the child, and send him forth to change his world." It's ingenious really.

This next part is something I want to you think about though because this was one thing that really sent me for a loop cause I had NEVER thought about this before. "Spontaneous participation by the students in the classes was one of the progressive ideals." What? You're saying that getting kids to participate is progressive? That's what I thought at first, but listen to this now. "By participation the children would learn to adjust to one another, would be socialized, and be fitted to conformity to the wishes of the group." Now which one of you has ever thought that? It sounds absurd at first, but really think about it. If you don't have Jesus as your Lord and savior and you can't stand on your convictions with confidence, then participation in class would do exactly THAT to you! Now think of all the kids out there that are not christian and in a classroom setting everyday. They don't even realize it, but if they are not strong in their convictions and beliefs then they are going to be socialized and fitted to CONFORMITY. Think about that! I am totally serious here, I really want you all to think about this because this is the kind of stuff that has got to change in our country. It's small and it's unbelievably subtle, but it's changing us, and not for the better.

"The term that tied all this together for John Dewey, and for his followers generally, was "democracy". Dewey took this term, which americans were coming to accept as describing their political system, and used it as a word to conjure with. Democracy, for him, was the ultimate good...the thing to be striven for above all else,and that which his educational system was bent on achieving. What did it mean? It meant whatever Dewey would have it mean, at least for him; it meant equality, freedom, concern for others, participation in the 'formation of the values that regulate the living of men together...'" "Above all, though, 'democracy' was a word to be used to change schooling in the direction he wanted. What he wanted to do was build a new social order along what is generally known as socialistic lines. As he wrote, on one occasion: 'the schools will surely...share in the building of the social order of the future...they will of necessity...take an active part in determining the social order.'"

Again, another lengthy quote, but I just can't say it like Mr. Carson does so there it is. Also, again, it sounds like he is writing about right now! People all over the U.S., politicians especially, are abusing the word and concept of democracy to get whatever they want done accomplished. At the beginning of that quote he says that Americans are beginning to think that their political system is a democracy.....what did I JUST post about? How people today think that we are a democracy! Is that not a little crazy?! Please, please, please! Think about this and let it provoke you. Educate yourself, cause God knows you are not going to get far listening to me rant, and start preparing for when you can vote, whether it's in November or in a couple Novembers from now. Start getting equipped right now!

Wow, my eyes are about to explode. Going to bed y'all. Peace out, have a good night, hope you enjoy the post. Thanks for reading!