"Expert?" Says American Children Mentally Ill

"During the 1973 International Education Seminar, Harvard psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce, speaking as an expert in public education, said:
"Every child in America entering school at the age of five is mentally ill because he comes to school with certain allegiances to our founding fathers, toward our elected officials, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being, and toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity. It's up to you as teachers to make all these sick children well by creating the international child of the future."

---- Chester M. Pierce, Harvard psychiatrist, speaking as an expert in public education at the 1973 International Education Seminar.

Interesting thoughts. I'd say the statement is over-the-top. Most kids here in Texas are raised to be patriotic, although most in my school have parents who are Democrats. I don't know any teacher who preaches liberalism, really. Our curriculum in history is centered on Western Civilization, and subtly promotes it. I'd have to say, in my experience, the opening statement here is off-target, considerably. :cool: