Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

A–146 A planned curriculum and a planned economy could strangle a nation like the United States within a few short years, and help to bring about “equality” for the whole world. This is conceivable if a technique of control could be developed that could not be detected by the average American. Has it happened? Just look at our schools and the economy. How many small companies have gone broke recently? How many small farmers are being forced out of business? Who controls the schools, the industries, the media, the natural resources, and, more importantly, who will control the land in the United States? For the unread and skeptics, I’m going to suggest several books that give a comprehensive overview of American education and the extensive use of classical and operant conditioning in our society. Of course, one must first read Skinner’s books to fully understand what he has proposed. Perhaps the best and most comprehensive book written that truly gives historical documentation for the decline of our system was written by Augustine G. Rudd in 1957 and called Bending the Twig . Mr. Rudd was chairman of the Educational Committee for the New York Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Far too much blame has been placed on John Dewey, in my opinion. At least his educational theories were child-oriented, but of course the radical psychologists were not in vogue in 1957. A Report of the Comptroller General of the United States , dated April 15, 1977 (HRD–7749) should be obtained from government records and read by all Americans. The title is “Questions Persist about Federal Support for Development of Curriculum Materials and Behavior Modification Techniques Used in Local Schools.” It appears that nothing has been done about the questions. Other titles that everyone should read are:

The Psychological Society , Martin Gross Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism , Robert Jay Lifton Mind Control, Peter Schrag The People Shapers , Vance Packard Change Agents in the Schools , Barbara M. Morris Behavior Mod , Philip J. Hilts The Literacy Hoax , Paul Copperman Legal Challenges to Behavior Modification , Reed Martin Walden Two , B. F. Skinner The Suicide Cult , Marshall Kilduff and Ron Javers Snapping , Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman

Below are direct quotes from Beyond Freedom and Dignity :

Why should I care whether my government, or my form of government, survives long after my death?...

Why should I be concerned about the survival of a particular kind of economic system?...

A remote personal good becomes effective when a person is controlled for the good of others, and the culture which induces some of its members to work for its survival brings an even more remote consequence to bear.... It is a matter of the good of the culture, not of the individual....