Assaults on Faith and Family
– Part 3
THE OMINOUS “SUCCESS” OF RE-EDUCATION
By Berit Kjos – October
7, 2009
“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]“…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!“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 SCHOOLS 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 bombard their minds.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
- MOVING the students to the new level
- FREEZING group minds on the new level.[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] 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”[7]: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)The supposed 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… 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
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]That meeting offered no real solutions. But God shows us the way:
Pray.
Prepare
yourself.
“Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Put on the
whole
Armor of God….” Eph.
6:10-11Equip your children
to discern evil and resist compromise. “Do not be deceived….” 1 Cor.
15:33Trust 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…” Acts 26:17-18“Thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” 1 Cor.
15:57
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=1081236.
“Homeschoolers
ordered into public classrooms”
at
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=913977.
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.htm10.
David Krathwohl, Benjamin Bloom, Bertram Massia,
Taxonomy of Educational
Objectives, The Classification of Educational Goals, Affective Goals( McKay
Publishers, 1956), p. 55.12. “Obama
would curtail summer vacation” at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_more_school13.
Paradigm Shift at
http://www.crossroad.to/charts/paradigm_shift.html14. “3rd Caltrain Teen Suicide Spurs Action” at
http://cbs5.com/local/caltrain.teenager.suicide.2.1141695.html