Let Your Voice Ring Out For Generations

My mother raised me better than to adhere to stupidity, as did my father. So when I watched the following film (who's link will surely need to be updated as it is frequently removed), I was flabbergasted. Praise Him, my family raised me to not be so gullible! One must not think that this is the only evidence of American foresightedness! Monthly, Jay Leno presents his "Jaywalking" segment, another example of how truly small is America's knowledge of the rest of the world. And American's laugh this off and do nothing to educate their offspring, how can they? They know little themselves.

I am lucky enough to have memory of the wide-spread education reforms that swept through America in the late 80's and early 90's. State after state fell to adopt ridiculous measures in educating our young, philosophies our forefathers would have scoffed at and thrown in the dustbin. This widely adopted, mass education system is nothing more than another way to enforce government, gain greater control, and leave our masses illiterate as to who, why, what and where our advisories are. All that students under this system learn is write portfolios, follow forms and essentially, follow the masses. I remember how little sense it made upon their adoption, but was naive to their real purpose.

Now, the establishment has unleashed it's first generation of globally retarded spawn into the workforce and voting precincts. They know little of the world around them outside of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and myspace. All Hail Billary and Osama! All Hail McPain! All hail the media stars of 2008! We've taught you to read and spell their names! Now go vote for them! What happened to critical thinking classes in our schools? At what point were we suddenly discouraged from thinking on our own, from reading, from intelligent conversation? I fancy an Asian way of thinking. Indeed, in their cultures, teachers and scholars are revered! Why, even in Europe, most noticeably France, an educated opinion is prized, the argument applauded! Why then do we clammer for stupidity? How can such ignorance be considered an endearment at home?

As much as this is the fault of our government, it is also the fault of parents who refuse to rear well-raised children. We must all strive to raise our babies well, and this education most certainly begins at home! If our peers of the 60's had held true to their beliefs, and in turn taught these to their offspring we would be in a much different world. However, as it stands, they saw fit to spoil and pamper. They forgot that love does not come in the form of material possessions. They stopped talking about the demonstrations of the 50's 60's and 70's, and in an effort to give their children a better and easier world, they took everything from them. They are set up to fail the moment they start Kindergarten.

A few however, did retain and pay forward their beliefs, fears, and convictions. These brave youth have come of age and do not like the debt and destruction they are inheriting. They don't like the way the world sees America and they don't enjoy being the laughing stock of the entire planet! Many go out into the world with full realization of the ambassadors that they are. They fight every day to combat the ignorance running rampant at home. These well raised youths must be applauded! It is a triumph to succeed in spite of one's teachers, schools and universities.

Happily, all my little ones attended private education institutions, generally run by religious entities, and I have taught frequently in these schools. One may dismiss such an education, but it is free of the bureaucracy of tax dollars, and the parents are much more involved. Also, they learn critical thinking skills as they are taught to view everything from a more spiritual perspective. They are taught to investigate and question, and are more likely to embrace prejudices at home towards imminent historical figures. For example, we had quite the debate over a curriculum for Abe Lincoln. Today, the government seeks to close or regulate these fine institutions. I believe this to be a moral outrage. The last destitute of fine education is now threatened and we have only ourselves, a small populous, to defend us.

If it is necessary to keep your child in public school, stay involved! Ask them about their lessons! Show them what you were taught. Children are interested, and showing them that they do have a say-so in the world instills confidence and well-meaning action! Teach them that life's problems need not be handled by a pistol, but by positive and assertive action. Do not let anyone squelch their voice, in turn your's will also be heard for generations to come.

Nanny Ajax

~ I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country.

~ These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

Abigail Adams