Time to Stick a Fork in our False Messiah…
By Jan Mickelson
September 17, 2013
A theologian, philosopher, and educator, from the
last century Rousas Rushdooney wrote, “The
messianic character of education has not changed,
its mission has expanded exponentially, but its
effects have been perverse.” The messiah’s
daddy, Horace Mann, said, “The Public (Common)
School is the greatest discovery ever made by
man…other social organizations are curative and
remedial…public education is a preventative and antidote…”
Speaking of the kids, Mann wrote, “…teach him the
facts about his body, and youth will be less
tempted by gin, swearing and tobacco.” Add to
that list, teenage sexual irresponsibility,
illicit drugs and bullying. Mann promised,
“…let the public school be expanded to its
capabilities…and nine-tenths of the crimes in the
penal code would become obsolete…”
How has it worked out? The USA has the highest
prison census proportionate to population in the
world, 50 million plus dead pre-born since Rove v
Wade and drug use is rampant. Has the theory
that education leads to insight and virtue proved itself?
Do a Google search for the “effectiveness of sex
education.” A flood of studies will pop up
celebrating the wonderfulness of Planned
Parenthood and school based Sex Ed. All of them
will be singing their own praises. Do our
abortion rates, STD rates, single motherhood
rates seem like something to celebrate?
A few years ago, the Dare Movement swept the
country -- Drug Awareness Resistance
Education. Police came into junior high schools
in uniform to instruct kids on the look, smell,
chemistry and protocols of illegal drug
use. Officers told the kids that illegal drugs,
pot to meth, were equally toxic and would destroy
them, so don’t do them. They told gruesome
horror stories of drug abuse and described the
terrors of the prison life awaiting future
druggies. Since middle school kids are usually
still approval seekers, they parroted all the
right catch phrases which anxious parents were
aching to hear. For their efforts the kids were
given a really cool DARE t-shirt, a diploma for
completing the course and the school got a DARE
decal for the front door. Really enthusiastic
communities got a “We are a DARE Community” sign for the edge of town.
<http://www.ewtn.com/library/ACADEMIC/DARE.HTM>Result?
Studies are mixed, but at best, DARE was a waste
of time and ineffective. At worst, DARE grads
were more likely to experiment with drugs than
non-DARE students. Why? Because Sex Ed courses
and DARE use a psychological technique called
“consequentialism”. It’s the “decision based” model.
<http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4218127/k.5175/Humanistic_Psychology_and_Education.htm>Dr.
WR Coulson, wrote, “We’ve got youngsters now,
under the authority of the school who are being
persuaded that there is a better way. And that
way is to make their own decisions. They’re
being induced to make decisions about activities
that the citizenry of the state have decided are
wrong -- drug use and teenage sex.”
Drivers Education doesn’t use the decision making
model. “Stop” means “Stop”. Your assent isn’t
required. Your decision making skills are not
employed or even solicited. “Stop” isn’t
negotiable. Your life and the lives of others
may be at risk if you don’t comply. When it
comes to stopping, your brain is supposed to be
on automatic pilot. It used to be the same when
it came to drug use and teenage sex. Then
activists opened up the process for
discussion. Responsible parents said,
“Stop!” Government employees in the schools
said, “Let’s talk about it”. What was once an
absolute became something negotiable. Game over.
Currently, the anti-bully movement is the
hottest fad in schools. Begun by the gay lobby
to leverage its “victim status” into a protected
class, anti-bullyhood is now a growth
industry. Millions have already been spent and
careers are being built as seminars,
documentaries, plus, anti-bullying curricula
have been designed to ride the anti-bully
crest. Politicians are climbing over each other to out anti-bully each other.
It will come as no surprise that according to
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912203337.htm>a
new study, students attending those schools which
have adapted the new anti-bullying initiatives
may be “more likely to be a victim of bullying
than children at schools without such
programs.” The lead author of the study is
Seokjin Jeong from UT Arlington in the
<http://www.uta.edu/news/releases/2013/09/jeong-bullying.php>Journal
of Criminology. “…the students become highly
exposed to what a bully is and they know what to
do or say when questioned by parents or teachers.”
At best the anti-bully programs are
ineffective. At worst, the anti-bully programs
produce better bullies. Remember Rushdooney? “…its effects are perverse.”
Conclusion? Sex Ed belongs to parents. The
costs of poor parenting should be borne by those
parents, not by schools and taxpayers.
Drug Ed belongs to parents. The costs of poor
parenting should be borne by those parents, not by schools and taxpayers.
Bullying? How should schools deal with
bullies? A phone call home to the
parent, “Hey, your kid is a bully. Here’s what
he or she did. Deal with it. If it happens again they are out.”
If there indeed is a messianic institution which
is responsible for the welfare of the next
generation it’s the family, not the government
school. It’s time for the taxpayers to get out of the messiah business.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/jan-mickelson/the-false-messiah/
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