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February 6, 2007
British Secondary Education Plunges Headlong Into Moonbattery
To ensure the continued decline of what only recently was arguably the greatest civilization in human history, British educrats are imposing a new curriculum that will throw education out the window in favor of sheer moonbattery.
The radical overhaul will indulge in the sort of postmodern silliness that was attempted in the flower child era, such as combining unrelated subjects like foreign language and music, so as to teach songs in Urdu. Tedious fact-based studies like history and geography will take a back seat to new topics, including global warming propaganda, exotic Third-World language classes, politically correct wallowings in the effects of the slave trade, etc.
Mick Waters, curriculum director of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, says the objective is to "move away from an overconcern with content."
Prep school headmaster Chris McGovern, who was an education adviser when Tories were in charge, confirms that content will suffer:
There is going to be a free-for-all, and with the emphasis on personal development and political correctness, content is going to be even more downgraded. Subject knowledge is thin already and this will make it thinner.
But why clutter the kids' heads with math and science and facts? The important thing is to instill the politically correct attitudes that will guarantee Britain's continued downward spiral into mediocrity.
On a tip from El Presidente.
Posted by Van Helsing at February 6, 2007 9:46 AM
Comments
How sad to see a society willfully wither away. The U.S. overtook Europe as the center of world power about a hundred years ago. Britian lost it's empire in WWI, but since WWII they recovered nicely into an advanced, modern nation. To see them doing this to themselves should scare Americans, because we and Europe make up Western Civilization.
Posted by: Chris at February 6, 2007 9:59 PM
