Posted on 09/11/2009 10:58:08 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Three-quarters of teachers in Britain's schools believe they should warn pupils about the dangers of patriotism - which some regard as a form of 'brainwashing', researchers have found.
A nationwide study found the majority of teachers felt they should not be promoting the subject at all in the classroom, with some preferring to instruct their pupils in the benefits of 'universal brotherhood'.
And even those who felt positively about patriotism felt the need to qualify and tone down their support, stressing that they disliked 'jingoistic flag-waving'.
The findings are a blow for the Government after Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke out in favour of encouraging pupils to be patriotic, calling for 'Britishness' lessons to be part of the curriculum.
The study by the Institute of Education at the University of London surveyed teachers and pupils at 20 secondary schools, and found 74 per cent believed it was their duty to point out the danger of patriotic sentiments.
'Praising patriotism excludes non-British pupils,' one teacher told researchers.
'Patriotism about being British divides groups along racial lines, when we aim to bring pupils to an understanding of what makes us the same.' Other responses included:
'We shouldn't be promoting patriotism. We should be promoting universal brotherhood.'
'I think we should identify as humans.'
'I don't think you should be grooming children to be patriotic. That's as bad as telling everyone that they've got to be a certain religion - I am not going to brainwash anyone.'
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I hate to say it, but it seems the U.K. and the U.S. would benefit considerably if many of today’s teachers in the two nations dropped dead within 48 hours. The ignorance, and abuse our children are being subjected to, is just unconscionable.
We are indeed in a mess, the UK was finished when Tony Blair pushed devolution on us in the first year of his government. It will be his legacy. The man has ruined this country with his ultra liberal programme. Obama is only Blair writ large.
BTW don't let Blair’s support of Iraq or Afghanistan fool you. He was right to support you on those fronts but it was out of character for him. Domestically he simply sunk the UK in a pit of uber-liberalism.
England is becoming a third world country
Haven’t you Brits learned anything yet? Continue this course at your own peril.
assinine
This is mouth-watering to the world’s tyrants.
One-world government is another hard-left ideal that will kill millions, if not billions. Perhaps that is the intent.
this is where we are heading. I am not sure that there will be anywhere for the common man to run and hide.
Here’s their curriculum:
Imagine
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
By the way, I think this is how many US teachers approach the same subject, for the same reasons. They are so morally weak and confused, they can’t and won’t take a stand for anything except that everyone should fit in with everything. It’s just a lame moral cop-out. All these things they are so squeamish about? They will miss it when it’s gone.
ping for later
Yes, education is in a huge mess. It has become an indoctrination into stupidity. And the teachers's union is to blame, along with most colleges and universities.
That is what I was afraid of. I will be reading some essays by Theodore Dalrymple over the next couple of weeks to get a better picture of what is happening in the UK.
It hasn’t helped what the nanny state has facilitated either. Kids aren’t getting their butts kicked at home. The downside is obvious. We play patsy with gangs too, not declaring all out war on it and using RICO laws to destroy them.
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