tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post7186830576420716146..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Positive Psychology, Green Dot, and Barbara EhrenreichJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-64628000355121888562009-10-19T14:48:00.575-04:002009-10-19T14:48:00.575-04:00"As a result, I must be accountable to those ..."As a result, I must be accountable to those in authority" -- because those in authority, like AIG, Goldman Sachs, BofA, and Countrywide, have shown us a paradigm of accountability.<br /><br />"I will always work hard, because this is how my dreams will come true" -- therefore, I and anyone else who doesn't succeed is lazy and/or stupid. We all know how hard AIG bailout recipient Eli Broad, convicted insider trader Michael Milkin, convicted predatory monopolist William Gates, and the Walton children worked to amass their fortunes. That's why their attempts to reform eduction is a "gift." Each and everyone of us could be billionaires if we just internalized the phrase "my choices will determine my ultimate destiny in life!"<br /><br />At least the ruling class has made an attempt to mask their ideology and propaganda with a hip, urban veneer. Public education advocates, social justice activists, and the left have a lot of work to do in order to counter this outrageous propaganda and indoctrination!Robert D. Skeels * rdsathenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920561332154131328noreply@blogger.com