Great contribution DB, thanks for finding that paper!

I agree with AJAshinoff, and would like to add:::
these youngsters without educational anchors are facing
bleak job prospects with diminished pay rates and large
student debts, seeing billionaires doing soooooo well
despite the sour economy, and without doing the math,
they think "Let's balance this thing. . I'm being cheated."
so they look for a way to "balance" society and there
it is -- government force. . ouch. -- j
.

I started out as a young person thinking that I could change the world.
By the time I was 30, the world had changed me.
If these children want cloistered living perhaps they should choose to live in a convent.

I was thinking of a similar quote:
"If my son is a socialist at 20, that's not so bad. If my son is a socialist at 30, I'll disinherit him"

(I like Churchill's quote better.)

they want to kill off any interest the kids have in learning. They want to pound them into submission and to just spout what the government sends them. I call them "government indoctrination centers" as opposed to public schools

We are this -><- close to doing just that. Common Core and all this other crap they are stuffing down kids' throats is very, VERY bad stuff. When you see stuff like "7+6= 10 and 13. 13 is the wrong answer" on math homework you know something is very wrong. Am starting to discuss our options with a group of like-minded families... And, now here in Cal the teachers union is going after charter schools...which will be the death of public schools here, accelerating the mass exodus.

I am going to sound like a nut here. But, I honestly think there is some sort of veiled direct attack on kids with stuff like Common Core. When you see what's in it you can't really think it's just a ham-handed, hairbrained scheme. There's something more to it...

Because... hell who knows. Maybe because they think of themselves as the smartest generation in the world and that lunatic tells them what they want to hear.

ding ding ding! Correct!
This is an evil plot by the Alinsky-ites to brainwash our young and prepare them for a socialist future.
And, sadly, it's working well.

No doubt.

I'm afraid it was not an accident for the current resident either.

So a great teacher and a student with the ability to think! Awesome!

Yes that is my understanding also. Its no accident that FDR was elected.

Every child is born a socialist. Every child, when born, needs others to support him. The child has no responsibilities; everything is a game for which others pay (or make happen).
The American uneducation system has made sure that certainly the latest, and to some degree, the previous, generation never mature, never grow up and never acquire personal responsibilities. Naturally, when they are in their 20's and 30' and even 40's, they are really still teenagers. And they continue to play games, with their own lives and those of others.

That is neat. I have avoided the Hunger Names because...another dystopia. I may go back and pick it up someday, but your Latin poem got me to look up the English lyrics to National Anthem of Panem.

Schadenfreude.

Jan

Repeal the 26th amendment. Pass amendment to allow active duty military to vote regardless of age in federal elections. At 21 and beyond, military members on election day would be allowed two votes.

Sanders and Trump scratch an itch that has been plaguing the country for years. They both challenge, or at least appear to challenge, the absolute corruption that stems from absolute power. While they each see different aspects of the problem and suggest very different solutions they both challenge the status quo and both claim to be beholden to no one. We live in a time of high anxiety and there is a tendency on the part of the public to shoot first and ask questions later. We want results, never mind the nasty details. If Jesse Watters interviews are any indication of the intellectual capacity of the public at large we are in for some very unpleasant times. As Winston Churchill observed "The greatest argument against democracy can be found in a five minute conversation with the common man."

They haven't learned how to say no to a child yet or to teach them personal responsibility and work ethic. We go through this every generation.

No, I don't write poetry regularly. But I have tried my hand occasionally at changing lyrics to fit a new message--or even writing lyrical translations. Most recently, in fact, I decided to translate the "National Anthem of Panem" (cf. The Hunger Games cycle) lyrically into Latin.

Cornucopia!
Cornucopia omnibus!
Clamose sonato,
Clamosem audimus,
Numquamque claudebimus!

Cornucopia omnibus!

Capitoli,
Lucet adamas tuus!
Tributum di...
...ebus atterimis!

Cornucopia omnibus!

Ayn Rand, most definitely. I had a really fantastic teacher in 8th grade that introduced me to Anthem. I'm pretty sure I was the only one changed by it, but I quickly realized she was right and I started reading her other works.

Young people today will discover that they will be forced to pay for the free socialism of yesterday. This happens when they grow up and become productive. If they become productive?

Young people are encouraged to think capitalism is a bad thing. They are not encouraged to explore what it can and should be. This goes to the schools, as kids have already been told parents know nothing and are out of date. By the time they reach college, they think credit cards are a way to get stuff, with so many unaware there are interest charges if they don't pay. They have been given credit for "volunteer" work, which excused them from tests in math and real subjects. They were encouraged to make decisions with peers - the blind leading the blind, as they used to say. It is actually heartbreaking, seeing them set up for a fall, as they are. It was Rand's writing, not the schools and not we parents, which showed our daughter the way of economics and productivity. We gave her the books, but she read them and took them with her when she moved out. She became a Libertarian and knows the unreality of socialism. Students usually do not do the deep research to find their way, Rand should be part of the school course, but low IQ teachers would never know how to teach it.

Great posts. Remember, these are the kids that got a trophy for just showing up to a competition. Their expectations are a trophy for showing up to work, let alone accomplishing anything. Bernie promises a trophy and that is all they hear.
On another level, parents are not giving these kids boundaries. There is little if any respect given to anything. Law enforcement is an example. "Yes Officer" will keep you from getting shot. But too many times these kids are confrontational and do stupid thing such as challenging a police officer. I do work for multiple police departments and I hear this constantly from the officers.
What most of these kids don't realize is that are some that are entrepreneurial and in ten years will be at the top of the food chain. The rest will look at them and ask,"how is that they did so well." But also, "I deserve a piece of their pie". It never ends.

"If you are 20 and are not a liberal, you have no heart. If you are 40 and you are not a consevative, you have no brain."
--- Winston Churchill.

Is there any way to transfer to a school that doesnt promote leftist perspectives ? Perhaps long distance learning ? And if you are able to switch, send a letter to the governing body of this school stating why they will no longer get your money.

Thank you! Usually I have to be the one to explain that stuff.

Do you write poetry? You seem poetically inclined.

Jan

Grendol....You've been reading my mail. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree...... Back in the 60's when the stoned hippies became worshipped, they eventually realized that America's strong military made it impossible for them to take over by force...BUT, they were smart enough to follow Lenin and Marx....take over all the education and in 2 generations the victims will come to you without a shot being fired. It worked superbly. There is no way all the false teaching can be overcome without total failure....Check out "Atlas Shrugged".