First Epistle to the Righteous Chapter 1. – Education

First Epistle to the Righteous

Chapter 1. – Education

The leftist liars have taken over education by destroying it. In colleges and universities liberal arts degree programs no longer have the rigor and discipline that true scholarship demands. As much time is spent in political discourse and idea swapping as is spent on true subject matter. Many schools grant degrees in areas that are patently ridiculous. Even those engaged in seeking degrees in the sciences are continually bombarded by the leftist ideas of their peers and professors. All in all, higher education has become more and more dedicated to imparting liberal ideas and less concerned with conveying knowledge.

Yet the greatest travesty may be the ‘Schools of Education.’ These are where the liberals train the teachers for all of America’s elementary and secondary schools. Back in the sixties schools started admitting less qualified students into their education programs. These students could not have gained admission into other degree programs. To help ensure the collegiate success of these students, the degree requirements were lowered. Less math, science and foreign language were and are required for degrees in education than in other disciplines. For at least five decades the ironic motto in America’s colleges and universities has been “Education means graduation!” Millions of teachers have been sent to our elementary and secondary schools with little grasp of the subjects they will teach, but with a firm grounding in leftist ideology.

These millions of teachers are mostly members of teachers unions. These unions, particularly the National Education Association (NEA), have seen to it that state legislatures have passed laws requiring that teachers have degrees in education for certification. It matters not how great an individual’s qualifications in the subject matter may be, he or she must be certified. This means that Albert Einstein would not be certified to teach algebra. Stephen Hawking couldn’t be a certified instructor in basic science. A Justice of the Supreme Court can’t teach civics – at least not as a certified, and thus higher paid, instructor. In the main the left has seen to it that for almost two generations our schools have been staffed with the mediocre who are dependent on them for their continued employment. School administration has expanded exponentially in recent decades. The salaries are high, and the power enormous. The administrators are primarily elite leftists who decide on hiring, promotion and curriculum.

Why have the leftists destroyed education? Simple – they need a general populace that is as stupid and unquestioning as possible - a populace that knows little of history and economics and therefore cannot question the lies. Proof of this contention is the miserable state of education in our country. Millions of young people go to school for years and even graduate. When they come out they have no verbal, mathematical, manual, or social skills. They have no discipline or sense of duty. About all these dunces know is that they have rights that entitle them.