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December 10, 2011
"The exodus of bright women into biochemistry...
left the schools in the hands of dull-witted and little-read women,often of recent blue-collar origin, who, having had no experience of either education or cultivation, fell into psychobabble and ploughed the fields of self-esteem. Teachers who had not read the classics, and in many cases had never heard of them, could have no idea why these things might matter. Masculine influence having evaporated, they turned the schools into hothouses of niceness, anti-violence, hostility to boys, and cloying political correctness. The Sixties had triumphed. -- Fred On Everything
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 10, 2011 12:15 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Money quote #1:
"This allowed the passing on of civilization."
Money quote #2:
"This approach, intended to protect blacks, of course embodied a profound contempt, and in particular the observably false belief that they could not learn to read and speak English. "
Posted by: Michael Gersh at December 10, 2011 6:04 PM
Money quote #3:
"How in God's name can you keep kids in school for twelve years and prevent their learning to read?"
Posted by: rickl at December 10, 2011 6:29 PM
Money quote #4
Teach them in a Progressive system that prefers Epsilons. A strong back is a terrible thing to waste.
Posted by: Peccable at December 11, 2011 12:38 PM