Wednesday, December 06, 2006

The Education Racket

The state should have no hand in the education of individuals’ children.  Ever since the state’s foray into the field of education for all, the dumbing down of individuals has accelerated.

John Derbyshire notes this in a piece titled The Dream Palace of Educational Theorists wherein Derbyshire has much to say about the sorry state of affairs within the supposed halls of learning, and the educational theorists who muck about in this field.  A few choice pieces from Derbyshire’s pen.

There is the public school racket, in which homeowners and taxpayers fork out stupendous sums of money to feed a socialistic extravaganza in which, when its employees can spare time from administration, “professional development” sabbaticals, and fund-raising for the Democratic Party, boys are pressed to act like girls, and dosed with calming drugs if they refuse so to act; girls are encouraged to act like boys by taking up advanced science, math, and strenuous sports, which few of them have any liking or aptitude for; and boys and girls alike are indoctrinated in the dubious dogmas of “diversity” and political correctness.

And this.

If you read much Ed Biz theorizing, you find yourself wondering how a single field of human enquiry can contain so much error and folly.  One answer is that educationalists wilfully—ideologically, in fact—ignore the understanding of human nature that the modern human sciences are gradually attaining, and cling doggedly to long-exploded theories about how human beings develop from infancy to adulthood.  From false premises they proceed to false conclusions.

And this, too.

In the end, all left-liberal prescriptions for educational improvement end up with two demands:  that governments should spend more money on schools, and that parents should work harder at parenting.

Read the whole thing.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/06 at 07:29 AM
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