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Did American public schools help give rise to Trump?
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Nov. 1, 2018 | Peter Schrag

Posted on 11/02/2018 10:01:35 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Through more than a half-century, American schools have been blamed for almost every major national problem, from the Russians’ success in beating us into space with Sputnik in 1957 to the nation’s perceived failure to match the apparent economic successes of the Germans and the Japanese in the 1980s.

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KEYWORDS: academicbias; littleredschoolhouse; reeducationcenter
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But maybe the biggest educational shortcoming of the past 50 years has gotten almost no attention, and that’s the failure to adequately teach government, civics and history. Nearly four in 10 American adults, according to the latest polls, still support the presidency of a self-confessed sexual abuser, a chronic liar, an abettor of every form of bigotry, public corruption and violence.


Ah yes another liberal intellect looking down on the ignorant masses.

1 posted on 11/02/2018 10:01:35 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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The solution is obviously to push additional levels of Marxist indoctrination in government schools. Of course. [/s]


2 posted on 11/02/2018 10:03:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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And Gladiator too?


3 posted on 11/02/2018 10:03:43 AM PDT by blackdog
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"Nearly four in 10 American adults, according to the latest polls, still support the presidency of a self-confessed sexual abuser, a chronic liar, an abettor of every form of bigotry, public corruption and violence."

No, latest polls show its over 5 in 10. God bless them.

4 posted on 11/02/2018 10:04:05 AM PDT by circlecity
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He needs to update the article. It’s now 5 in 10 approve monster Trump....not 4 in 10


5 posted on 11/02/2018 10:04:21 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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By the time I got through publik skrewl and so-called higher ed, I was a flaming, five-alarm socialist. But I didn’t stay that way. And I’m not alone. That’s the real problem. They can indoctrinate, but they can’t make you keep your brain in neutral.


6 posted on 11/02/2018 10:06:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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Who does this turd think has been controlling the schools for the past thirty years?


7 posted on 11/02/2018 10:06:05 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Bingo!


8 posted on 11/02/2018 10:09:05 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Actually, dude, your God-Hero Barack Hussein Obama gave rise to Trump. But I digress.


9 posted on 11/02/2018 10:12:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Nearly four in 10 American adults, according to the latest polls, still support the presidency of a self-confessed sexual abuser, a chronic liar, an abettor of every form of bigotry, public corruption and violence.

... and that was just the Clinton Presidency. Imagine how badly the educrat-progressive complex has degenerated since then. Why, they might even start wearing masks and attacking political opposition again.

Oh, wait. They already did.

10 posted on 11/02/2018 10:12:53 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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US public schools have been teaching that America is an oppressor nation for almost 40 years. When the first wave of Vietnamese immigrants came, in an effort to make the children feel better, the multi-cultural thing started. Instead of its being a celebration of one’s ancestral heritage, it became an all-cultures-are-equal thing.

People who came to the USA used to want to be American and celebrate our freedoms and opportunities. They didn’t want to change us into their culture.

11 posted on 11/02/2018 10:15:10 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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Heh, that description could pertain to Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota boy more accurately than to the Trumpster.

I love how progressives keep stepping on their schwanzstuckers.


12 posted on 11/02/2018 10:21:04 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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...se3lf-confessed sexual abuser...

No point in reading any farther. Lying propaganda, pure and simple.


13 posted on 11/02/2018 10:31:46 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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"Nearly four in 10 American adults, according to the latest polls, still support the presidency of a self-confessed sexual abuser, a chronic liar, an abettor of every form of bigotry, public corruption and violence."

JFK, LBJ and the Clintoons ?

14 posted on 11/02/2018 10:45:41 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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This is true.
US education used to be extremely patriotic. You could say propagandistic even, about creating a national identity.
This overt plugging of patriotism and national symbols was borrowed from France and Germany in the 19th century.
Whatever its failings, it did succeed in creating a national identity among a diverse people, especially among immigrants.
But in modern times, the last fifty years, its become the policy to do the exact opposite.


15 posted on 11/02/2018 10:47:21 AM PDT by buwaya
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I imagine education is partly to blame but when half of the people would still vote for proven criminals like Bill and Hillary or any other socialist the problem is the People.


16 posted on 11/02/2018 10:49:12 AM PDT by ravenwolf (Left lane drivers and tailgaters have the smallest brains in the world.)
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Ah yes another liberal intellect looking down on the ignorant masses

Quotes from "The Russian Revolution" by Alan Moorehead 1958:

"… this was a predatory state which the Czar and a small group of noblemen and bureaucrats ruled for their own exclusive benefit...The ruling group owned all the wealth, enjoyed all the privileges and monopolized all the political power, and it did not intend to give up any of its prerogatives. It considered the peasants to be little better than animals..."

17 posted on 11/02/2018 11:03:14 AM PDT by libertylover (2016 was a mini-revolution. Keep it going.)
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still support the presidency of a self-confessed sexual abuser, a chronic liar, an abettor of every form of bigotry, public corruption and violence.

Come on now...old news...Bill Clinton left office in 2001.

18 posted on 11/02/2018 11:19:15 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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Did American public schools help give rise to Trump?

2016 was a fairly simple election for me. No more Bush's and Clinton's. I am still satisfied with how I voted..

19 posted on 11/02/2018 11:54:26 AM PDT by EVO X
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More marxist koolaid from the city that gave us Jim Jones marxist death cult


20 posted on 11/02/2018 12:20:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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