Government Schools

Government Schools - Propaganda from Reconstruction to the Present

The federal government's use of education as an instrument of propaganda was quite blatant during the War of Northern Aggression. John Chodes, in an article published in Chronicles in March of 1989, noted that the Morrill Act had passed the Congress in 1862. Of this act he has written: "It's stated objective was to fund colleges that teach agriculture and mechanical arts, via money raised through federal land-grant sales. The true objective was to bring the Northern perspective to the reconquered areas of the South, to teach the rebel's children 'respect for national authority' - to break their rebellious spirit forever. The three R's had absolutely nothing to do with this landmark bill." Senator Justin Morrill, to explain why he authored and pushed this act said "The role of the national government is to mold the character of the American people." No, Senator Morrill - such should never be the role of the national governmrent - that was never what it was intended for! However, we can see from such a statement that, even back in the 1860s, there were many in the Yankee government that viewed that government as a sort of secular messiah, responsible for teaching the ignorant American public what and how to think.

Government schools run by the Freedmen's Bureau took over education in the South after the war was ended. Mr. Chodes noted that "The Freedmen's Bureau had a big education budget. This was the first direct federal aid to schooling." And he reiterated again that "The three R's took a backseat; destruction of the Democratic Party was the highest objective. New textbooks were created and all subjects taught from this perspective...The bureau's mandate was only to teach blacks. But it was imperative to change the values of the Southern whites. There was less concern for their racism than for their ability to make war again." And, as far as their racism, it was equally shared by the rest of the country as well - the South was far from alone in that respect. So government, or public schools in the South started as a major engine of the "reconstruction" program. Their real objective was not true education, but to make sure that "the rebel's children" were taught never again to make war against a federal government that had usurped their rights and long since stepped over its constitutional boundaries. In other words the government schools were [and are] present to make sure each succeeding generation of Southern children accepts the defeat of their forefathers and to condition them for additional usurpation of their rights without complaint. This program worked so well in the South that it has since been applied to the rest of the country, and it has been done with such subtlety that most parents in all regions never even realize it has happened - sort of a "quiet revolution."

Columnist Karen De Coster more recently has said much the same thing, noting that: "Public education is based on the idea that government is the 'parent' best equipped to provide children with the values and wisdom required to grow into an intelligent, functional adult." She also observed: "...the archetype for state-directed education was popularized by nineteenth-century state worshippers who wanted to impose a love of big government ideals upon the youth." This is no different than what was done in the South. Miss De Coster concluded her article with the suggestion that "It's high time that the public resist the inherent dangers of continuing on a path toward a more socialized, bureaucratic, and just plain immoral taxpayer-funded public school system." I couldn't agree more, but I don't expect that to happen anytime soon. The decades of "reconstruction" via propaganda that have been the legacy of this present generation has removed from the vast majority of them the ability to see and understand what is going on. They have not been taught the ability of assessing the present educational situation. They have only been conditioned to complain to the school system if something happens they don't like, and when informed that nothing can be done about their complaint, they will settle back and learn to live with the situation. The original thought of removing their children from such an educational morass never occurs to them. They have not been conditioned to think independently in those terms. After all, if secession was "treason" back in 1861, wouldn't it be just as treasonous today to remove your children from an educational system that has taught you that it really has your best interests at heart?

And, over the years, the finely tuned are off scamming the public for more money [as well as the souls of their children] for public education has been refined. Now they want money for all manner of things that will, supposedly, produce "quality education." I am acquainted with a government school teacher in one of our sister Southern states, which will have to remain anonymous, lest this lady lose her job. Among other things, she has informed me that "Another thing that is used to get more money is 'We need more technology.' I don't really see the need for all the computers in school. There's too much to sort through in order to use the Internet to research. Books work just as well. I do enjoy using the computers, but I'm not sure if it increases the quality of education by a substantial amount." She has noted of the high schools in her area that "Once the kids get out of elementary school the teachers have not seemed to care about them as a person at all. It is sort of an assembly line teaching method where everyone is a number." And she concludes her remarks with "As far as the indoctrination goes it is very high at [the local high school.] Probably because alot of the teachers are married to liberal [college professors.]" She notes, in her own case, that "I didn't realize how much propaganda I got in school until I was grown and thought about some of the things we were taught back in the ERA days...I wish more people could realize how much brainwashing goes on." This from someone who is part of the system and sees the problems with the propaganda the kids are getting! This lady is not some "right-wing fanatic" but rather a concerned teacher who sees what's going on in the schools every day, and she labels it "propaganda." If this is the best the government schools can do, might I suggest that we don't need it? If you wish to have your children educated rather than indoctrinated, you must secede from the government school system and find a Christian alternative. There are plenty of them out there.

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