Posts tagged 'schools'

Courses on Women Get Transfer Credit But Not Men’s Studies

by SteveK @ Monday, June 28th, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Education

“Literature By and About Men” is a course offered at Monterey Peninsula College by English professor David Clemens that focuses on “depictions of maleness, manhood, and masculinity in essays, films, short stories, and poetry either by men or about men.”
Aaron Graham, an English major, transferred to the University of Wyoming this year and requested transfer [...]

Ed Shultz Calls Glenn Beck “Dangerous” for Supporting Home-Schooling and Vouchers

by SteveK @ Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government

Ed Shultz recently blasted Glenn Beck for suggesting we should abolish a public school system that engages in outright indoctrination. Beck is correct that the government monopoly on schools is (and has for some time) creating uninformed, juvenile citizens dependent on the Nanny State. But instead of offering any kind of logical counter argument, Shultz [...]

Schools Teaching Children To Bully Parents Over Environment

by SteveK @ Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Environment, Family, Government

From an article at the National Association of Scholars, children are turning into green zombies in order:
To prepare them for their role in unleashing eco-revolution, schools around the country are teaching students, beginning with the very young, to live a lifestyle centered on “sustainability.” …According to a poll by Habitat Heroes, 1 in 3 American [...]

Arizona: New Law to Stop Radical Ethnic Studies Classes

by SteveK @ Wednesday, May 19th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education

As much as the political left enjoys ripping the country apart by fostering racial (among other) grievances, there is more good news from Arizona. An AP article reports:
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district’s ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure.
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What Young People Should Know About Socialism – Part 2

by SteveK @ Monday, March 22nd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, History

The youth really are not to blame for being conditioned by their collectivist influences. They’ve been bombarded by teachers, movies, and television all promoting the idea that government knows best. If we all just put our faith and support behind a group of ‘enlightened’ government ‘experts’, a better life is just around the corner. But [...]

Understanding Radical Islam – Part 3

by SteveK @ Thursday, January 7th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, Media, Middle East, Religion

In this last installment we get to the schools, and thus the heart of the matter as to why so many Americans are unfamiliar with the information provided in parts 1 and 2. The education system in this country is to blame for whitewashing Islam with political correctness in order to fit the overwhelmingly liberal [...]

Understanding Radical Islam – Part 2

by SteveK @ Sunday, January 3rd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, History, Media, Religion

In part two, we delve further into why some Muslims become suicide bombers or ‘martyrs’. An article titled Jihad, Martyrdom, and the Torments of the Grave, by Raymond Ibrahim, explains some of the more obscure (in the West) but powerful motivations for Islamists. Original posted HERE.
Why do some Muslims become suicide bombers or “martyrs”? In [...]

Understanding Radical Islam – Part 1

by SteveK @ Thursday, December 31st, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, History, Religion

For too long have Western apologists, primarily in academia and the media, presented the American people with a sugarcoated version of Islam. One of their main arguments is that the religion has been hijacked, but this is actually false. They also claim that terrorists are poor people pushed into extremism, which is also false, as [...]

How Blacks are Harmed by the Education System

by SteveK @ Tuesday, October 6th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Family, Government

So long as the black community is beholden to certain beliefs and politics, there is little hope for any improvement. Originally posted HERE.
Black Education - by Walter Williams
Detroit’s (predominantly black) public schools are the worst in the nation and it takes some doing to be worse than Washington, D.C. Only 3 percent of Detroit’s fourth-graders [...]

America’s Failing Education System: Grade Inflation and Politicization

by SteveK @ Monday, October 5th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government

A survey was conducted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) titled “Our Fading Heritage: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History and Institutions.” Highlights of the survey include the following:

Only 21% of respondents recognized the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for [...]

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