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Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog. We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below). What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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The panic at Glastonbury over illegal entrants and "over-crowding" exposes the middle-class Left's hypocrisy on immigration, says Michael Deacon. It seems when it comes to a music festival, borders matter.
The post The Glastonbury Panic Over Illegal Entrants Exposes the Middle-Class Left’s Hypocrisy on Immigration appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. The Growing Power of the ?Muslim Vote? Tue Jul 02, 2024 17:19 | Tim Dieppe
The 2024 General Election is probably the first time that we have seen an Islamic agenda openly influencing an election in the U.K., says Tim Dieppe. What are the ramifications for British democracy?
The post The Growing Power of the ‘Muslim Vote’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. To Vote Conservative or Not to Vote Conservative? Reflections on Matt Goodwin vs Peter Hitchens Tue Jul 02, 2024 15:21 | James Alexander
We should vote Conservative to keep out the Trots and their permanent revolution, says Peter Hitchens. No no no, that just ratifies the Uniparty, says Matt Goodwin. Professor James Alexander ponders the dilemma.
The post To Vote Conservative or Not to Vote Conservative? Reflections on Matt Goodwin vs Peter Hitchens appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. ?Junuary? Was Actually Very Sunny, Says Met Office Tue Jul 02, 2024 13:00 | Will Jones
Chilly 'Junuary' in fact had more sunshine than average for the time of year, the Met Office has claimed ? using its 19th century sunshine recorders that can't tell when its cloudy.
The post ‘Junuary’ Was Actually Very Sunny, Says Met Office appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Why Are ?Far Right? Parties on the Rise in Europe? Tue Jul 02, 2024 11:00 | Noah Carl
Left-wing academics view the ?far right? the same way early European explorers viewed the native people they encountered ? as primitive, dangerous and in need of ?civilising?.
The post Why Are ?Far Right? Parties on the Rise in Europe? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >> Voltaire, international edition Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en Voltaire, International Newsletter N°92 Fri Jun 21, 2024 14:51 | en Voltaire Network >> | EducationEducation is one of those key things in life. While the basics of food and shelter are fundamental closely followed by health, education is probably next and is a key to how life unfolds. We must not be caught up with the idea of interchanging the word education and school as they are not the same thing. On this page, we present some of the ideas behind John Taylor Gatto (1935 - 2018) who was a teacher in New York city and a great educator. He, as he said himself, taught in the best and the worst schools and three times won the New York city's Teacher of the Year award. After he quit teaching he started to investigate the history of why compulsory school was setup and he spent the rest of his life trying to undo the harm that schools does. Gatto through his essays, books and many interviews has tried to convey what education should be really about and it should be something we take ownership of ourselves and take on for our entire life. The material on the rest of the page is taken from: https://www.garynorth.com/public/18741.cfm
There is a website dedicated to John Taylor Gatto at: https://www.johntaylorgatto.com/
Link to one of his most famous essay's: Against School
See also the Wikipedia page Waldorf Schools which are based on the work of Rudolf Steiner.or better still go to the Waldorf Foundation for Education website.
John Taylor Gatto died at age 82 on October 25.He taught at the New York City public school system for 26 years. Three times he won the city's Teacher of the Year award. Once he won the New York state Teacher of the Year award. Shortly after he won these final two awards, he quit teaching as a career. He made his announcement in a Wall Street Journal article, "I Quit, I Think." You can read it here: https://www.garynorth.com/public/18740.cfm In a fine obituary of Gatto on the website of the Foundation for Economic Education, Brittany Hunter wrote this: After three decades in the classroom, Gatto realized that the public school system was squashing individualism more than it was educating students and preparing them for the real world. To make matters worse, his later research would reveal that this dumbing down was not just by accident, but by design. Gatto dedicated the rest of his life to repairing the damage done by the public education system. Feeling the education system was beyond repair, Gatto could no longer in good conscience be an active participant. Rather than sending his letter of resignation to his superiors in his school district, he sent a copy of “I Quit, I Think” to the Wall Street Journal, where it was published as an op-ed on July 25, 1991. In his biting resignation, he wrote: I’ve come slowly to understand what it is I really teach: A curriculum of confusion, class position, arbitrary justice, vulgarity, rudeness, disrespect for privacy, indifference to quality, and utter dependency. I teach how to fit into a world I don’t want to live in. I just can’t do it anymore. I can’t train children to wait to be told what to do; I can’t train people to drop what they are doing when a bell sounds; I can’t persuade children to feel some justice in their class placement when there isn’t any, and I can’t persuade children to believe teachers have valuable secrets they can acquire by becoming our disciples. That isn’t true.
Gatto dedicated the rest of his life to repairing the damage done by the public education system. He wrote several books on his experience in the classroom including Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling and Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. His book The Underground History of American Education is perhaps the most accurate and damning history of the American education system that has ever been written.
Here, we see what made him different. Warning: you will figure out in the first three minutes how you got shafted in school. What went wrong? Gatto said it was planned. Here is a seven-minute video. It is an extract from his Underground History. His theory: schooling is a means of producing docile, obedient workers and citizens. He cites primary sources from influential American educators. For those who have read R. J. Rushdoony's earlier book, The Messianic Character of American Education (1963), all this will be familiar. It started in the late 1830's in Massachusetts. Rushdoony followed the confessions of faith of two dozen progressive educators. Gatto followed the money. He did great work in the public schools. He did greater work outside them. Links https://www.henireland.org -Home Educaiton Network Ireland https://hslda.org/post/ireland -Legal status and resources on homeschooling in Ireland https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irish-mother-of-six-jailed-for-homeschooling -Irish mother of six jailed for homeschooling (2014) https://wicklowSudburySchool.com/ -Wicklow Sudbury School - Ireland's first democratic school of self-directed learning You might be interested in this very short video: Peter Gray on self-directed learning Fundamentals https://youtu.be/YoE480mzrk0 | |
