HOW THE SCHOOL ACTIVISTS ARE DESTROYING OUR SONS

City Journal ^ | Spring '06 Quarterly edition | Gerry Garibaldi

[RavenATB]

"Male only schools are the best way to fix this problem. And the schools should be run by MEN."

Sorry, but if you established all male schools in the public school system of today, it would eventually turn into another episode of "Queer Eye."

[ArmyTeach]

As a high school student I sketched - drew faces. Not faces of anyone specific, but just faces. I could listen to the teacher. I'm no artist - that's all I can sketch.

[ArmyTeach]

As a student teacher in early elementary, I had a very bright boy who would do things like poke other kids with his pencil, stuff the toilets and flip the fire alarm. One day he came to me, needing to go to the boys' room. I put my arm around him and held him so that we were side to side (expressing both love and control, couldn't do that today). "OK, this is what you're going to do." Walk, don't run, don't touch anything on your way, do what you need to to do in the restroom, wash your hands and put the paper towels in the trash and come straight back. He did it to the letter. I don't think anyone, including his parents, had ever guided him that way.I think he craved loving, positive direction.

[G. Stolyarov II]

Indeed, this is an enormous problem with the educational system today-- especially in public schools. Every instance of students being assigned "group projects" in highly academic courses -- such as history, literature, or even math and the sciences -- is is an example of the feminization of American schools. It always astounds me how greatly female students are favored in the grades for such projects; having pretty pictures, neat borders, and the ability to "involve the entire class" are generally valued more than meaningful content, logical presentation, and depth of analysis. I do not think that the former set of attributes is negative-- but they belong in an art class, not a math project.

School should be about individual accomplishment *independently* of others. Each person's knowledge is his or her own and will be used in a unique way later on in life. If someone wants to engage in "cooperative learning," he or she should find a paying job (highly recommended, by the way).

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[tgambill]

It is interesting how the Army or Marines can take a group of 18 year old boys and teach them very complicated subjects
I hear that's still true of the Marines. Feminism, however, has taken a severe toll on the Army, or so I am told.

For instance, men and women do basic training together now in the Army, and the result has been a drastic decline in standards. Only special forces are now rigorously trained, or so say my sources."

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***** I was in the Marines for 12 years, from OCS to a command, to Recruiting and to Parris Island as a company commander to train them. Even being a Marine and watching one series (graduating platoon), after another graduate, still amazed me. I watched how the little homesick MF's performed from the time they were long straggly haired fat boys to their final transformation as a Marine and step up on Graduation Day, after 12 weeks of basic training. They would then see their families for the first time after three months of getting rid of the civilian garbage in their head and replacing it with Marine Corps gung ho....People sometimes call it brainwashing, however, it's actually survival training to get through the war they will someday face. Now, the problem exists after they get out and have to interact with civilians as a civilian. Some never find that switch off. Some, find the switch, but switch tracks and apply what they have become to another career.....Some get the switch on, but never go to combat which, has it's a double edged sword. Those that do go to combat have a switch on that has been brought up about 100 notches..In that Marines don't wish for war, but they are eager to try out their newly acquired skills. Yet, the notion of going into combat is eagerly a bitter sweet experience to say the least. Importantly, and misunderstood by Civilians, we do love those ribbons and the romantic notion of being a hero. The Ultimate hero from the baptism of fire. We don't fight for the country, in reality we are fighting for each other and survival, the realization that it was for the country is before, afterwards you realize it was fighting for each other.

I have been out since 1987, and have truly learned that even after being out that long, you never are an ex-Marine...you are a former Marine, once one always one.

[AK2KX]

How very true. Start paying attention to advertising, books, magazines and TV. You will be stunned at how often Anglo males are either omitted or placed in the back. You'll rarely see a Anglo male standing above or in front of others. Pay careful attention to who does stand above or in front.

[gogeo]

Yes, this guy has it figured. God help the feminists when this boy gets to be an adult and figures it out, too.

[gogeo]

The difference was that my son's halo was mounted with several guns.

Because...you never know!

[gogeo]

As if we fathers control the schools, or the culture, or our crazy ex-wives.

And I disagree that the education monopoly is irrational. It's perfectly rational as far as acting in its own narrow interests is concerned, and the interest of the students be damned.

You said a mouthful.

[gogeo]

Well, well said!

[gogeo]

By the way,,,,is this the wonderful socialization homeschoolers are missing?

Precisely.

[gogeo]

If I had been 20 years younger, they would have just drugged me up, and created another routiner.

Schools are about the best possible environment for the staff, not the students.

[cyclotic]

I was just talking with an out of state co-worker today. Her 6 year old grandaughter spent 2 weeks this month in a coma from a car wreck. She's in a halo too. My friend got a huge laugh over the tactical halo my kid was wearing.

Her grandaughter said she needed some jewels for hers.

[thinking]

Yes, I agree with you...the lesbian dominated feminists, started out to eradicate the white male from the face of the earth....and from what I see, they are close to achieving their goal

[fortunecookie]

I remember an article written by a teacher. - snip- After reading this I realized my two boys did the same thing. they would make small physical contact when they wanted me to focus more on them. I started responding appropiately and things were much happier.

I've noticed with my son. And the boys in my group, too, not so much directed at me, but at each other, to get each other's attention. I hadn't considered it in that way, but had learned to stop letting it bug me. It's funny to me now that we had been trained to discipline for these disruptions - which in turn seem to be more disruptive. I hadn't noticed it as much among the girls, who are more verbal.

[SauronOfMordor]

All these years and no one noticed he's dyslexic.

Dyslexia can be fixed with heavy and ruthless application of phonics in an individualized setting. Particularly if you catch it early

My youngest daughter in first grade was having trouble reading. She would confuse "b"s and "d"s and "p"s and "q"s. Essentially she had a real hard time processing the difference between a letter and its mirror image. The only solution is to use flash cards until it sets in

In the last 14 months we've gone from Dr Seuss to finishing the first Harry Potter book (5th grade reading level)