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By Berit Kjos – October |
Chronologies
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“The purpose of education and
the schools is to change the thoughts, feelings and actions of students.”[1]
“As the home and church decline in influence…
schools must begin to provide adequately for the emotional and moral development
of children. …The school… must assume a direct responsibility for the
attitudes and values of child development. The child advocate, psychologist,
social technician, and medical technician should all reach aggressively
into the community, send workers out to children’s homes….”[2]
“Joint
Commission on Mental Health of Children““A proposal for new social studies curriculum
in Texas public schools removes a mention of Christmas in a sixth-grade
lesson, replacing it with a Hindu religious festival….”[3]
Houston Chronicle“…the breakdown of traditional families,
far from being a ‘crisis,’ is actually a. … triumph for human rights against
‘patriarchy.’[4]
UN Population
Fund leader
The traditional Christian family has been a continual
obstacle to the globalist vision of solidarity.
And for over sixty years, the United Nations and its
mental health gurus have
fought hard to eradicate those old “poisonous
certainties” that stood in their way. They seem to be gaining ground!Since Hitler outlawed homeschooling about 70
years ago, German parents have faced the harshest battles. Now
other nations are catching up. Notice the
government attitudes in the following examples:“A critical hearing is scheduled in
Germany in that nation’s war against homeschoolers to determine whether
a family can continue to control the education of its high-performing son,
14…. ‘One of the fundamental rights of parents is the right to educate
their children according to the dictates of their own religious beliefs.'”[5]That “fundamental right” is fast being replaced
by government-defined “community” or “collective rights.” The fact that those
homeschooled children have “extraordinary academic abilities” and are “socially
competent” doesn’t matter. Today’s rising global system doesn’t want “competent”
Christian leaders. Not in Sweden, not in America — not anywhere!“A North Carolina judge has ordered
three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling
their mother has provided over the last four years needs to be ‘challenged.’
The children, however, have tested above their grade levels by as much
as two years…. The judge… explained his goal …to make sure they have
a ‘more well-rounded
education.’ …the judge also said public school would ‘prepare these
kids for the real world and college’ and allow them ‘socialization.'”[6]Such socialization tactics “worked well” in the
Soviet Union. Based on the Marxist/Hegelian dialectic process, they include
collective thinking, manipulative peer pressure, denial of absolutes, shameless
“tolerance” for immorality, and irrational
intolerance for contrary views.The results can be disastrous. Students trained
to scorn God’s guidelines and conform to
the crowd
are anything but free. Most are soon driven by evolving new notions that undermine
all truth and certainty. Loosed from moral constraints, many are bound by their
own lusts, obsessions, and (ultimately) despair.
A Model School for Future Leaders
Bill Clinton’s “Governor’s School” — one of
many across America during the eighties — demonstrates the tragic results.
For six weeks each summer, it isolated selected Arkansas high school students
from the outside world and immersed them in liberal ideology, sensual literature,
group dialogue, and mystical thrills — both real and imagined.[7]“Students do me a favor,” urged author Ellen
Gilchrist, a guest speaker at the school. “Totally
ignore your parents. Listen to them, but then forget them. Because you need
to start using your own stuff, your real stuff that you have.”[8]Her aim was to free students from “obsolete”
family values, not promote personal independence. They must reject the
old ways and become “open-minded” — ready to accept the unthinkable practices
that would bombard their minds. (See
Paradigm Shift)By the time they left the Governor’s School,
their utopian dreams seemed more real than the actual world. Like the planned
results of Soviet brainwashing, they had been weaned from truth, facts and
reality. With seared consciences, new ideals, and volatile emotions, they
would now face the old world they had left behind only six weeks earlier.The Marxist change agents behind this transformation
are too numerous to list, but behavioral psychologist
Kurt Lewin gives
us a simple formula. Linked to infamous psychological research institutes in
London (Tavistock)
and Germany (Frankfurt
Institute), Lewin
moved to America when Hitler began his reign. His influence spread through MIT
and other universities, then paved the way for “sensitivity training” and the
formation of
National Training Laboratories that would prepare transformational tactics
and textbooks for public schools.Lewin outlined his program with a 3-step formula:
- UNFREEZING minds: Questioning the old ways
through facilitated dialogue, peer pressure, and group “experience” — real
or imagined.- MOVING the students to the new level: Using
cognitive dissonance (mental, moral and emotional confusion), peer pressure,
and manipulated consensus to loyalties from the old ways and to the new.- FREEZING group minds on the new level:
The new views become the norm. They feel good!
The old views become offensive as well as wrong![9]
For the students, the transition back to reality — to home,
family and normal life — was painful. For some it was lethal. “When I came
back home, I sort of wrote a suicide note to myself,” confessed LeAndrew Crawford.
“Not actually wanting to kill myself, but wanting to kill the reality of what
society had been teaching me for so long…. I was totally down, because my
family just didn’t feel like my family…. I didn’t want to be back.”[7]
Brandon Hawk did kill himself within a year.
Hearing about his death, other concerned parents contacted Brandon’s parents.“They see the same thing in their kids that we
saw in Brandon,” the father explained…. They just sort of walk off and
leave the family.”[7]But Brandon wasn’t the only one who chose death
rather than life. After the third suicide, the Joint Interim Education
Committee of the Arkansas legislature held hearings that exposed some of the
problems. Perhaps the most revealing testimony came from Brandon’s mother, who
read from her son’s log. In his first entry, he wrote,“‘Moms are the best people around,
and my mom is the best mom on earth.’ But three weeks later, he wrote:
‘My mom is so closed minded I feel like we will have a standoff soon
over issues.’ And his final entry stated: ‘After I came back from the [three-day,
July 4] break, my friends and I could tell that we had suddenly been transformed
into free thinkers.’[7]Another mother testified that, My son came back
from Governors School and his favorite line was There are no absolutes;
there are no absolutes.[7]
It didn’t take long to change the students’ minds
and hearts, did it? Yet few teachers or parents are aware of this subversive
agenda.Back in 1982, Professor Benjamin Bloom, an internationally
known behaviorist, defined “good teaching” as “challenging the students’
fixed beliefs and getting them to discuss issues.”[10]
(Sounds like Kurt Lewin, doesn’t it?) He added,“The evidence collected thus far suggests
that a single hour of classroom activity under certain conditions
may bring about a major reorganization in cognitive as well as affective
(attitudes, values and beliefs) behaviors.”[11]The most revealing evidence that this scheme
really “works” comes from those who participated in the Clinton’s Governor’s
School. In light of today’s rapid changes, it makes sense to
remember their testimonies
as recorded in the documentary video titled “The Guiding Hand”:1. ISOLATE STUDENTS FROM TRADITIONAL
FAMILY VALUES“For the six weeks … they are not allowed
to go home except for July the Fourth. They are discouraged from
calling home…. They can receive mail but they are encouraged to have
as little contact with the outside world as possible.” (Shelvie
Cole, Brandon’s mother)“I felt that I needed not to talk about
it. I don’t know why. Maybe because we were supposed to stay here and the
fact that we couldn’t leave…. No one… who had gone before would
talk to me about it.” (Kelli Wood, former student)[7]
The “effectiveness” of such mandatory separation may help
explain why (1) educational change agents want to put 3-year-olds in pre-school
programs and (2) why “Obama says American kids spend too little time in school.”[12]2. REINFORCE
NEW LIBERAL, ANTI-CHRISTIAN VALUES“We watched movies like Harvey Milk. We learned
about gay life — those things that your parents say, ‘This is wrong…
You shouldn’t see this type of thing because, hey, that’s just not right…'”
(LeAndrew Crawford, former student)“[The instructors] tear down their
authority figure system and… help establish another one…. They convince
the students that ‘You are the elite. The reason why you’re not going to
be understood when you go home — not by your parents, your friends, your
pastor or anybody — is because you have been treated to thought that
they can’t handle.’ …[This] intellectual and cultural elitism gives
them the right… to say, ‘We know better than you.'” (Mark Lowery, former
director for Governor’s School publicity)3. EMPHASIZE FEELING-CENTERED
(affective, not cognitive) TEACHING:“Rather than learning what 2 and 2 equals,
they would be asked what they feel about 2+2. Right now we have a
move going on in our Arkansas schools called restructuring, where they are
trying to get away from more objective, substantive learning into
this subjective area of feelings.” (Mark Lowery)“You would think that there would be some
academic challenges… getting ready for college… The main textbook that
I remember from there is a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance and the book is totally Hindu religion defined.” (Steve
Roberts, former student)4. SHAPE A PERSONAL, ALL-INCLUSIVE
SPIRITUALITY:“A lot of places. . . even Christian camps,
you get that stress about ‘What am I doing wrong?’ . . .There it was like,
hey, I can talk to God! Me and God are one, the world is one… Jump up
and down, you know, just twirl around.”“It was kind of like that Baha’i idea. How
you have Islam, Baha’i, Muslim, Christianity… They’re all different kinds
of trees, but underneath, its root system grows together [and] is the same
god.” (Steven Allen,
student)5. INSTILL THE TARGET BELIEFS
— A ‘NEW’ SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AGENDA:The next quote fits Bill Clinton’s experience.
He was selected as a potential future leader — a
Rhodes
scholar — worthy of the required indoctrination:“I think the whole intent of the Governor’s
School in taking 350 – 400 students per summer, is to pick out the four,
five or six students that could be political leaders and then to
mold their minds in this more liberal and humanistic thinking…. [T]o
be considered intellectual… you have to be a liberal thinker….” (Mark
Lowery, former director)“They’re bringing a political agenda in the
guise of academic excellence…. It was something that was well orchestrated,
well organized, it was mind-bending and manipulative.” (Steve Roberts)“Prominent themes promoted by this
school include radical homosexuality, socialism, pacifism and a consistent
hostility toward Western civilization and culture, especially [America’s]
Biblical foundations.” (Jeoffrey Botkin)6. BUILD ALLEGIANCE TO THE
NEW COMMUNITY:“You could dress just about any way you want.
We had almost naked people. It was real liberal… an awful lot of cursing.”
(Mike Oonk, former student)“The students… say, ‘This is the
perfect place. I never want to go home.’ I caught myself saying that several
times.” (Mike Oonk)[7]Indoctrinating students with diverse beliefs,
socialist values, utopian dreams, and idealized love leads to deception, disillusionment,
corruption and chaos. But that fits the battle plan for global transformation
just fine. Today’s change agents need chaos
and crisis to justify their oppressive action. Not only does it unravel
the old social order, it gives an illusion of newfound freedom — from family
values as well moral restrains.[13]“It would be impossible for me to describe to you just how
exciting and unusual this educational adventure is,” said Bill Clinton.[7]
It wasn’t exciting for re-programmed students who returned
home. But that problem may soon be resolved. Through “service-learning”
and other long-term re-learning projects, today’s students can stay rooted in
the new environment — even if they sleep at home.This is where we are headed, dear friends! During
this last year, three students at a top-rated high school in California committed
suicide — one of the many consequences of today’s emotional confusion. One
evening, as desperate parents met with school officials to seek solutions, a
fourth student attempted suicide at the nearest railroad crossing. He was pulled
off the track seconds before the train thundered down the track.[14]Standing firm in this social and spiritual war
The school offered no real solutions. But our
God does! Please take these guidelines to heart:
Pray!.
For, as Jesus said,
“…apart from Me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:5)Prepare yourself.
“Be
strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
Armor of God….”
Eph. 6:10-11
Equip your children
to discern evil and resist compromise.
“Do not
be deceived….” 1 Cor. 15:33
Trust God, not yourself.
“O our
God… we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against
us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
2 Chron. 20:12Inform and warn
all who will listen.
“I now send you,
to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light…” Acts
26:17-18
“Thanks be to
God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of
the Lord…” 1 Cor. 15:57
See also
What can parents do?
| Brainwashing & How to Resist ItBrainwashing
in America | Reviving the ‘Science’ of ‘Re-education’
Consensus vs. Biblical thinking |
Three kinds of group relationships
New
Emphasis in Learning |
3 Sets of Meanings
for Education Buzzwords
Spiritual Warfare |
In the World but not of it!
Endnotes:1. Benjamin Bloom,
All Our Children Learning, (New York: McGraw Hill, 1981), p.180.
2. “Joint
Commission on Mental Health of Children.” The unabridged report is no longer
available, but the 1969 report is summarized at
Education Resources Information Center
(eric.ed.gov).
3. “Curriculum
plan would remove mention of Christmas.” Since the link to this original
article is now obsolete, you can find the information here:
http://article.wn.com/view/2009/09/11/Curriculum_plan_would_remove_mention_of_Christmas/
4. Matthew Cullinan Hoffman,
“United Nations
Population Fund leader says family breakdown is a triumph for Human Rights,”
February 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)
5. “State
could take custody of teen homeschooler” [Germany] at
www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=108123
6. “Homeschoolers
ordered into public classrooms” at
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=91397
7.
From “The Guiding Hand,” a video produced by Geoffrey Botkin
in 1992.
8. Ibid. Quoting
Ellen Gilchrist, author of In the Land of Dreamy Dreams,
quoted by a student.
9. Kurt Lewin, “Group
Decision and Social Change” at
www.crossroad.to/Quotes/brainwashing/kurt-lewin-change.htm
10. David Krathwohl, Benjamin
Bloom, Bertram Massia, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, The Classification
of Educational Goals, Affective Goals( McKay Publishers, 1956), p. 55.
11.
Ibid., p. 88.
12. “Obama
would curtail summer vacation” at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_more_school
13.
Paradigm Shift at
http://www.crossroad.to/charts/paradigm_shift.html
14. “3rd Caltrain Teen Suicide Spurs Action” at
http://cbs5.com/local/caltrain.teenager.suicide.2.1141695.html