Quote Originally Posted by LuckyG
I had an article kicking around, unfortunately I seem to have misplaced it. Anyway, it dealt with exactly what you're talking about. It quoted documents from the 1930's where it was made clear that the American educational system was being revised to create a large mass of general labourers, easily manipulated and used to repetitive mind-dulling tasks, while shooting a select few rapidly to the positions of power. From what I remember, a lot of it is based on wealth - although it can carry over to simply being able to afford private schooling.

In any case, I'm of the opinion that we should teach scientific beliefs in schools, and religious beliefs in church. But that's me.
I completely agree with you. I always felt like I wasn't really learning anything in school as much as I was being bullshitted. I learned much more on my own than I did in high school. It was an obvious dogmatic exercise in obedience more than it was educational. I hate it, but there's nothing we can do from inside this forum. There seems to be alot of us that agree on the same things. How much power could we be coming together as one and proposing numerous new ideas to the same people over and over? Too bad no one is ever down with me on that.