Originally Posted by Pairadocs
(Post 2230897)
You think they will actually begin "workarounds" ? Our Secretary of Education didn't wait 6 full hours to hit all the major networks with, "DO NOT be discouraged, we only chose the Heroes Act because it appeared to be the FASTEST way around, but we will immediately begin to examine the higher education act for a pathway (that was his double speak for meaning "loopholes". Frankly I think we need to put Machiavelli back on the mandatory reading list in schools, public schools, so even those who do not go on to higher education ARE "educated" in the ways of deception: how to appear to be fighting for a cause that will benefit a very large voting contingency, while at the same time, knowing it won't pass muster (or the U.S. Constitution if that matters ?) and it's not important anyway, it's the illusion of "fighting" for a benefit during the campaign season of a major election. What "if", what if books like Machiavelli's The Prince, Orwell's Animal Farm, Sun Tau's The Art of War, were not only read during the 12 years of FPE, but actually "taught", with discussion and illumination of the lessons contained in those books ? For that matter, what would our country be like if we did something as radical as make 12 years of free public education mandatory ? Not as it is today, but with a classical education in the Greek sense, reading, mathematics, science, philosophy,literature, civics and even history ! What if basic reading and writing were a requirement ? What if students were not permitted to leave school until literate ? Would any of this at least help to "fundamentally transform" our country ? If everyone studied The Opium Wars in public schools, would they at least be able to understand how the Chinese culture, thousands of years of being an "advanced" culture, would never forget and never forgive the devastating tragedy of opium addiction the western world introduced. Would it help us better understand what is going on today ? Yes, actual education may not be able to solve all our problems, but it would certainly be worth a try ! We've got nothing to loose by educating our youth ! What if... we even ended up with fewer homeless ? Fewer addicts ? Fewer people who rejected the very idea of personal responsibility for such things as home loans, education loans, auto loans, etc. There is a great deal of "buzz" out there about a plethora of "new think" books in our schools to teach the new "science", but there are some long forgotten books that need to go BACK into the curriculum. Many of them would enlighten students in such a way that they would recognize when they were being "gas lighted" only to obtain their votes ! Maybe "we the people" don't WANT that to happen ? ? Educated population, I don't know, it could be "dangerous" !
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