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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Ah geez, did ya have to go and make me agree with James?  I mean, Marie, 
what did I ever do to you???  <g>

Yes, millions manage to survive public schol, inspite of public school. 
And, some kids actually thrive there but they are the exception.

There is NO local control over public schools and hasn't been since the feds 
got involved in the whole education game.

I worked with the public school system and the feds.  I set up the training 
sessions so your administrators could gleefully set about "building 
concensus."

In fact, to truly understand what has been the process, you'd need to go 
back to the 40s and the formation of the National Training Laboratories in 
Group Development which was to become The National Training Laboratories for 
Applied Behavioral Sciences under the benign sounding Education Association 
Adult Education Services.

And that has what to do with schools you might ask.  Well, if you have 
anything to do with public schools you have to have heard of the NEA, yes? 
no?  And guess who the NTLABS became a associated with in 1962.  Yup, the 
NEA!

Which leads us to Sensitivity Training -- psychological techniques and 
programs dsigned to change the standards, attitudes and behavior of 
individuals -- and Delphi Technique which morphed into the Alinsky Method --  
a method of preserving the illusion that parents or the community's through 
participation in the decision making process are making the decisions.

Seminars funded by your tax dollars train "change agents" or "facilitators" 
to manipulate group dynamics.  They act as "organizers."  They form "task 
forces."  They have people "make lists."  Divide and conquer.  They polarize 
folks and the group(s) whose ideas aren't what was predetermined to be 
desirable are made to look angry, ridiculous and unreasonable.  The group 
who comes up with the idea(s) that lead where the facilitator wants the 
group to go are pointed out as "sensible," "calm," "rational."

And, yes, some of us have made changes in our communities.  However, since 
some of us know about DT and AM, we are able to disrupt the process of 
coming to preset conclusions.

However, it is an uphill battle when one is dealing with sheople.  Most 
don't recognize manipulation.  Haven't a clue what reframing is.  Wouldn't 
know a strawman from a scarecrow.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> That is such a profound over-generalization that I can't decide quite
> how to address it. Millions have gone through public schools and come
> through with their ability to live a useful life intact. Yes, public
> schools are not perfect, but they are one of the few public
> institutions that remain under local control (and, yes, I'm aware of
> NCLB because I work with it every day). If public schools are messed
> up it's because the communities that support them are messed up. They
> are also one of the only venues that children who come from
> dysfunctional families can make any progress and see that life as they
> know it at home is not the norm.
>
> Schools are famous for being factories for robots who will occupy work
> stations in future factories. They can only be that when the community
> agrees and supports the mission. Since we all have the right of free
> speech (at least this week so far as I've heard), if you don't like
> the status quo, you're free to change it in your community. Have you?