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June 11, 2007
The Corruption of the Curriculum
Posted by Dave Blount at June 11, 2007 8:21 AM
The influential think tank Civitas has published a report on the disastrous state of affairs in British public schools entitled "The Corruption of the Curriculum." Its findings are unsurprising but nonetheless appalling. From the report:
The traditional subject areas have been hijacked to promote fashionable causes such as gender awareness, the environment and anti-racism, while teachers are expected to help to achieve the Government's social goals instead of imparting a body of academic knowledge to their students.
History now has little to do with facts or chronology, and is sometimes taught through fantasy fiction like Lord of the Rings. Teenagers are asked to write about 9/11 drawing on Arab media reports and Osama bin Laden's speeches but no American source material. In English, an exam board produced a list of modern poems that includes none from England or Wales. Science classes consist of political indoctrination in the glories of abortion and the horrors of genetic engineering and nuclear power, with lab work left by the wayside.
Meanwhile, the General Teaching Council complains that students shouldn't have to take so many exams, because it's stressful.
Sometimes it seems Western Civilization is rushing headlong into decline. But actually, it is being pulled into decline by the liberal establishment, which is using its control of public education to reduce future generations to herds of politically correct idiots.
