A Comment About

Do We Want To Be Fooled?

April 30, 2011 - 12:17 am - by Bruce Bawer
tanstaafl
2011-05-01 07:44:19

…“international service-learning program,” which is part of the curriculum at hundreds of American primary and secondary schools, combines reading and discussion of the adult, youth, or children’s edition of Mortenson’s book with out-and-out hustling — which is to say that the pupils are not only expected to learn about Greg; they’re expected to kick in.

It’s all part of the great socialist, brainwashing scheme going on in American classrooms, all of it to the great detriment of developing actual academic skills.

“We don’t need you smart, we need you weak, guilty and compliant. Preferably, wearing a condom but, if not, we’ve got a solution.”

A relative gushed over Three Cups of Tea after her book club read it. I imagined that happened all over this “we wanna believe the modern day snake oil salesmen” land of ours.