Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who used to preside over the circus of overpriced failure that is the Chicago public school system, has blamed “white suburban moms” for problems with “Common Core”–the scheme to have the federal government micro-manage all the nation’s public schools ( http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/111813-679647-duncan-blames-white-suburban-moms-against-common-core.htm ).
Common Core uses grammar, math, science, and history lessons to indoctrinate children into a state of left-wing Kool-Aid drinking–with lessons like, for instance, “The people must obey all the commands of government officials.” Sit. Heel. Beg. Roll over. Because the program is so enormous, unwieldy, and messianically ambitious, the feds have had a lot of problems with it.
I have interviewed Arne Duncan. What he wants for public education, down the road, is for children to be in school 12 hours a day for at least six, and maybe seven, days a week, all year round–no summer vacation, no time off for good behavior. This is because he believes families are incapable and irresponsible, fathers don’t really exist, and only the government has what it takes to raise children.
But it’s all the soccer moms‘ fault that Common Core isn’t a roaring success–them and their naughty pushback.
Then again, soccer moms voted for the Big Golem in the White House who made Arne the Grand Sultan of Education, so maybe it is their fault, after all.
You want leaders who will “take care of you”?
Sit. Stay. Play dead.
Great column, Lee. I reposted it on FR http://fundamentalrefounding.ning.com/profiles/blogs/education-nabob-rails-against-white-suburban-moms-by-lee-duigon . I really believe it is the ultimate goal of this government to have all the people do as you wrote in that last short paragraph.
Thank you–and I recommend the Fundamental Refounding website to all my readers.
Lee, we appreciate it! Join us! We are a great group of patriots, and would love to have you post with us. We do our best to promote our writers on twitter and facebook, and occasionally have the posts get reposted on other sites. One of our members shared this on #CommonCore http://fundamentalrefounding.ning.com/forum/topics/department-of-education-mission-statement-commoncore It’s also a good read.
Rita, thank you for honoring me with that invitation. Taking stock, I don’t think I can write any more than I’m writing now–novels, articles and book reviews, daily blog posts, etc. Some of my friends think I’m already doing too much, and I ought to cut back a little. Still, I certainly wouldn’t mind if you linked to my blog here or just picked up my posts when you liked them. I am a computer stunata, so I have no idea how any of that would work. Please advise.
The behemoth we call the government has no power but that which we, the people, give to it – either actively by voting these imbeciles into office, or by passive consent.
Now comes the indoctrination of our children to grow a passive, compliant, obedient society suitable for the ‘smart cities’ they envision – you know, those highly monitored (spied on) and regulated (rationing) new cube cities of their dreams.
John Dewey, via “The Hunger Games”
The Constitution gives the federal gov’t no power to govern education, so we need leaders to lead us back to the Constitution. The Progs want schools to be everything to us citizens, feeding, educating, health services, psychiatric help, work projects, and probably housing (students go home on weekends and holidays?) – the more the merrier (cradle to grave).
Total control–that’s the pot of gold at the end of the liberal rainbow.