The government of the United States in recent years has recognized that their education is severely sub-par. They have assumed that the major flaw in United States public education is lack of funding, combined with some problems with curriculum. Nothing could be further from the truth. Far deeper problems pervade the system; the core philosophy directly results in poor education. A combination of the Prussian system of education, Marxist philosophies of education, and revisionist curriculums have polluted the national education system of the United States.
Education in Renaissance Europe made use of a philosophy known as the trivium. This philosophy focused on three steps of education: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The grammar stage focused on rote memorizing of terminology, facts, and historical events. At the logic stage the student was taught the laws of reasoning well, and was expected to form his own individual opinions about the subjects he studied. Rhetoric focused on defending the student’s opinions and debating the pertinent issues in the student’s field of study. However, when Prussia in the eighteenth century needed to train a compliant army, they eliminated the last two stages of the trivium and taught the students what, not how, to think. When America nationalized their education system, the Prussian model was utilized. …show more content…
In the tenth plank of the communist manifesto, it specifically calls for “Free education for all children in government schools.” The reason for national education is to teach an identical, standardized curriculum to all schoolchildren. Like the Prussian education systems, this system would teach children what, not how, to think. This is not education, but indoctrination! Even if they taught truth originally, schools could slowly change curriculums to toe the party line. Though not communistic, American education has adopted the philosophy of Marxist
Education in Renaissance Europe made use of a philosophy known as the trivium. This philosophy focused on three steps of education: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The grammar stage focused on rote memorizing of terminology, facts, and historical events. At the logic stage the student was taught the laws of reasoning well, and was expected to form his own individual opinions about the subjects he studied. Rhetoric focused on defending the student’s opinions and debating the pertinent issues in the student’s field of study. However, when Prussia in the eighteenth century needed to train a compliant army, they eliminated the last two stages of the trivium and taught the students what, not how, to think. When America nationalized their education system, the Prussian model was utilized. …show more content…
In the tenth plank of the communist manifesto, it specifically calls for “Free education for all children in government schools.” The reason for national education is to teach an identical, standardized curriculum to all schoolchildren. Like the Prussian education systems, this system would teach children what, not how, to think. This is not education, but indoctrination! Even if they taught truth originally, schools could slowly change curriculums to toe the party line. Though not communistic, American education has adopted the philosophy of Marxist