And bucking the tumultuous trend of the declining education in america is exactly what gatto sought to accomplish in his first book. Indeed, charles sykes addressed this point in his book dumbing down our kids when he established 11 facts that americans are failing to teach their children. Its like they are trying to talk me out of homeschooling. Lisa conrad, gifted parenting support although the dumbing down bit of the title is provocative, the most engaging and exciting part of the books name is the what we can do to fight back part. John taylor gattos weapons of mass instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rotememorization drills.
A chronological paper trail deliberate dumbing down. All i wanted to do with my book was to start a conversation about this subject which has to precede anything we might do at the public level to impede some of these forces that are dumbing us down. The book alleges that changes gradually brought into the american public education system work to eliminate the influences of a childs parents, and mold the child into a member of the proletariat in preparation for a socialistcollectivist world of the future. A chronological paper trail 19990901 by charlotte thomson iserbyt. Ashbrook, 17th congressional district of ohio, whose work in congress during the 1960s and 1970s exposed the treasonous plans which ultimately led to the internationalization and deliberate dumbing down of. Now that i have read the article, my opinion has not changed. Gattos earlier book, dumbing us down, introduced the nowfamous expression of the title into the common vernacular. The dumbing down of america is exactly as was forecast. John deweys school and society, published in 1899, set american education on its course to socialism. Charlotte thomson iserbyts new book, the deliberate dumbing down of america, is without doubt one of the most important publishing events in the annals of american education in the last one hundred years. The deliberate dumbing down of america download ebook. Dumbing down america is a mustread for any individual who believes that the unfulfilled promises to gifted children must begin to be met in americas schools today, not someday.
This book is a small tribute to the late honorable john m. Since the original publication of the 743page, 812x11 tome, readers have requested a smaller, lighter version. The author has done a lot of research for this book, arguing for a. I gotta stop reading these books that homeschoolers love. The deliberate dumbing down of america a chronological paper trail, will change forever the way you look at your childs education. Some believe this dumbing down of america is deliberate. The dumbing down of american is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites now down to 10 seconds or less, lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. Xxxxxxxx there are so many sources available to acquire an education. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that hes easily the most intelligent.
The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling is a collection of essays and speeches by gatto on public education. With luke wilson, maya rudolph, dax shepard, terry crews. The book opens with a chapter called the sevenlesson schoolteacher, in which he outlines sevenharmful lessons he must convey as a public schoolteacher. And this kid is so dumb, hes setting records that may never be broken. The term dumbing down was a secret code used by film writers in the 1930s to revise scripts to appeal to viewers of lower intelligence. The deliberate dumbing down of america is a big book and so very important that anyone interested in the future of this country must read it. And for the last few decades, this phrase reflects a painful reality. I just got finished reading this entire book, and its truly amazing.
Iserbyt, it is the result of what she discovered while working in the us department of education and her subsequent research on the subject. Aside from being extremely well written, it serves another. This new version is in response to those many requests. Depressing survey results prove the dumbing down of. The dumbing down of america, by john taylor gatto duration. Find a 2016 college exam, hop in a time machine, and go back to the 1940s. Are americas young people being properly prepared to deal with the real world. The deliberate dumbing down of america, revised and. This page is devoted to actively displaying how america seems to be actively seeking to. The term dumbing down originated in 1933, as moviebusiness slang used by screenplay writers, meaning. Another primary means of dumbing down america is through mass media.
Writer susan jacoby discusses her book the age of american unreason. She is known for writing the book the deliberate dumbing down of america. The deliberate dumbing down of america a chronological. Dumbingdown varies according to subject matter, and usually. By sam blumenfeld charlotte thomson iserbyts new book, the deliberate dumbing down of america, is one of the most important publishing events in the annals of american education in the last hundred years iserbyt has done what no one else wanted or could do.
Im sad to say this is just another tragic example of the dumbing down of america. The dumbing down of america speaks to the tools, purpose, agenda and objectives of globalists and the one a people intentionally subjugated to consistent conditioning and subliminal brain washing producing what is reality today as witnessed in the division of government and our people. Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games and culture. When i first read title i was sure article was about liberals and democrats. Dumbing us down the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling was published in 1992, and is a masterly opening salvo and indepth overview into how public schooling really works. She has put together the most formidable and practical compilation of documentation describing the well. Only in america can colin kaepernick speak out against his own country. For that reason alone, dumbing us down is an intriguing book.
The deliberate dumbing down of america a chronological paper trail thompson iserbyt, charlotte, iserbytthomson, charlotte on. Deliberate dumbing down of america charlotte iserbyt. Overall, this book is an engaging and powerful read, and a passionate call for change that excites readers to join the cause of supporting americas gifted children. Have tv, print and social media come together to create a 277 game show or theatre of the absurd for us to participate and watch. Welcome to the little edition of the big book the deliberate dumbing down of america. Ten years ago, a major hollywood film titled idiocracy was released, and it was an excellent metaphor for what would happen to america over the course of the next decade. The decision to give the national book foundations annual award for distinguished contribution to stephen king is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life.
The world is at our finger tips with the availability of the internet. This video is just a brief introduction to a very serious subject. Dumbing down america is a lengthy treatise on the issues in gifted education and lack of it in the united states, covering all the issues from the design of the programs themselves to identification of gifted kids. The deliberate dumbing down of america a chronological paper trail. Each chapter takes a period of history and recounts the significant events, including important geopolitical and societal contextual information. Click download or read online button to get the deliberate dumbing down of america book now. Are we witnessing the ultimate dumbingdownization of america. Dumbing down america takes a comprehensive look at the state of gifted education, offers solutions that can begin now, and emphasizes the importance of providing americas. Having seen things firsthand, gatto is in a position to understand just how bad americas public schools are. Political science conservatism media coverage race. Dumbingdown meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Private joe bauers, the definition of average american, is selected by the pentagon to be the guinea pig for a topsecret hibernation program. This is the original, 743page book that tells the who, what, and when of the takeover of the us educational system. Welcome to the little edition of the big bookthe deliberate dumbing down of america.