“In our dreams, people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hands. The present education conventions of intellectual and character education fade from their minds and unhampered by tradition we work our own good will upon a grateful and responsive folk. We shall not try to make these people or any of their children into men of learning or philosophers, or men of science. We have not to raise up from them authors, educators, poets or men of letters, great artists, painters, musicians, nor lawyers, doctors, statesmen, politicians, creatures of whom we have ample supply. The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
~ First mission statement of the J.D. Rockefeller-endowed General Education Board in 1906
If you are truly interested in learning more, this article gives an overview of the history of public schools, and the design of their curricula and social engineering mechanisms.
"Designed on the German system, the Tucker plans objectives are to the hildren in specific jobs to serve the workforce and the global economy instead of to educate them so they can make their own life choices."
That's why I'm constantly thinking "why do you want to study again?"
WTF is this crazy piece of text!?
It's from 1906 also. Yeah it's absolutely crazy what they said. But is this still active?
Can you read, my friend? It states exactly what it is at the bottom. Not sure why it is "crazy."
Yeah from 1906. They must have changed it?
If you are truly interested in learning more, this article gives an overview of the history of public schools, and the design of their curricula and social engineering mechanisms.
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/01/28/untold-history-modern-u-s-education-founding-fathers/
HOLY thats sick. Can this be true?
"Designed on the German system, the Tucker plans objectives are to the hildren in specific jobs to serve the workforce and the global economy instead of to educate them so they can make their own life choices."
That's why I'm constantly thinking "why do you want to study again?"
I just wrote a post about before i read yours
https://steemit.com/life/@nicetea/university-entrepreneurship