Indoctrination

over our lives. Most peoplesee the onslaught of individual will by our highly demanding, hierarchical, and intelligence-oriented society, but are unable to act against it. It is a lost cause, or rather a triumphant one, that despite scholastic indoctrinations and stigmatizing education, most of us are still not reduced to one dimensional thinking and stifled emotions. The constant imbalance between our emotional desires and social expectations is much like the idea of sex in a catholic school…

Essentialism Essentialism sees the primary function of the school as the preservation and transmission of the basic elements of human culture. It emphasizes (1) a return to systematic subjects, (2) learning as the mastery of basic skills and knowledge, (3) the teacher as a mature representative of the culture and someone who is competent in both subject matter and instruction, (4) education as preparation for work and citizenship, and (5) the preservation of the school's academic function. Above…

unsatisfactory form of attention because while concentrating slightly more on one item, information from the other item may go unnoticed. Unfortunately for students, in any setting where learning takes place, proper attention is necessary for the indoctrination of information into areas of the brain focused on long-term memory retention (Frith, Frackowiak, Dolan, Fletcher, Grasby, & Shallice, 1994). When observed during an attention divide between two stimuli people presented with less activity…

Journalist, satirist and cultural critic H.L. Mencken once said, "The aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner". However, in retrospect, my time within the Australian public education system has shown me that in Australia, this is not the case. Being a part of this system for the past thirteen years of my life, I have come to…

Psychopathy in Othello and 1984 Psychopaths are mentally ill individuals who display violent social behavior, low empathy and disinhibited, bold behavior. An obsessive desire for control, mastery of psychological warfare and the willingness to hurt others for personal gain are defining characteristics of this disorder. These traits are seen in some of the characters in William Shakespeare’s Othello and George Orwell’s 1984. Iago and the characters that form the Party both display these…

deindividualization. Eventually she works for a Nazi commander and begs him to save her son, the commander refuses, but then she uses the central route to persuasion, clamming that her son is blonde and speaks perfect German, and therefore he is perfect for an indoctrination program that require perfect Aryan children to integrate the Nazis ranks, to which the Commander accepts. Later on the Commander leaves without keeping his word about saving Sophie’s…

Growing up in America has many influences in itself. This nation has the foundation that everyone has their independence and own individual opinion on different matters. Every person has their own political beliefs, values, and opinion. Most people gain their beliefs from family values, but influential people, or influential communities that an individual surrounds themselves with on a daily basis. Growing up, my beliefs and values have been influenced through family, school, peers, and events.…

A society is defined by a standardized ideal, and it is kept stable by an indoctrinated idiosyncrasy. The communal aura adulterates any provincial perception, which then creates a widely accepted ideal. Citizens of such society find refuge in conformity, and their ordeal of diversity is assuaged by homogeny. The presence of an analogous, perfunctory civilization obliterates any means of individualist thinking or doing—for the idea of individual intellect has become abominable and obscure.…

During the Maoist era China experienced 30 years of uninterrupted leadership by one single man, that of course became almost unquestionable by the people. But after 1976 the new challenge for Chinese leaders was to leave a footprint in the country’s history during one or two mandates. It is considered difficult for succeeding leaders to have the same cultural and political influence of Mao Zedong, and the new challenge for the elites of the Chinese Communist Party was in fact to leave a clear…

With the election of Lincoln came a deadly strife. By February of 1861, the states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had all left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Northerners, including Lincoln, were dead set against secession and believed that it was illegal. Thus, the newly inaugurated President Lincoln vowed to use military force in order to preserve the nation. Yet, he seemed to skip over an equally big issue dividing the…