I've been listening to the some of my old tape archives.
I was talking to a friend of mine with whom I work, and we got into the subject of education. I rehashed my experiences with fighting the Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education back around 1990.
The fight against the Michigan Model was the beginning of my educational process regarding the infiltration of our school system by those who seek to reshape society's values. Or more specifically, I got an education into the Sovietization of our American education system.
One of the most telling clues which speak to the dark intentions of the authors and promoters of the Michigan Model, is the fact that the curriculum "books" were actually three-ring binders. By design, having binders instead of books helped to squash parental opposition to the program. Whenever a parent objected to something that they discovered was in the curriculum, the school would simply remove the controversial section of the curriculum. After the storm of fury had passed, the objectionable material would be returned to the "books" as if nothing had ever been said.
Aside from the obvious undermining of parental rights and values which permeated all the actions of the state, there were numerous areas of specific concern that parents had with the Michigan Model.
They included, but were not limited to:
- Calm Breathing
- Problem Solving with People
- Values Clarification
- Sex Education
- Invasion of Family Privacy
- Death Education
- Psychological Experimentation
As I previously stated, this is just a condensed list.
I won't go into detail about each one of these issues at this time. Volumes could probably be written about each one. In fact, volumes probably already have.
Suffice it to say that there were a lot of really nasty things in the Michigan Model back in the 1980s and 90s. I'm certain nothing has changed with it since then.
To the credit of the concerned parents of the state of Michigan, the uproar they created over this program ultimately led to a state Senate investigation of the model. Senators traveled all over the state to hear testimony from parents and the groups which formed the opposition.
It is unclear at this time whether anything lasting ever came from those Senate hearings. Having just done an Internet search on the Michigan Model, I see that the program is alive and well and being implemented in schools all across the state.
I'm going to be sharing on some coming broadcasts, a presentation that I recorded years ago in the heat of the battle against the Michigan Model. It was given by Bob LeMieux of the DADS Foundation which was based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Bob became a trusted friend and mentor of mine during those years of battling the Model. To this day, I still have tremendous respect and admiration for all of his selfless efforts.
He had traveled all over the state at great personal expense in time and money, to help the parents combat this outrageous attack by the Departments of Education, Health, et.al.
The presentation of which I speak, was originally organized to be a debate between the state regional coordinators of the Michigan Model, and Bob LeMieux. However, the cowardly state coordinators didn't have the guts to face the parents who objected to their children being essentially turned into laboratory rats in the classroom.
After listening to just a few minutes of this presentation again, then discovering that the Model is — to this day — still in Michigan schools, it becomes very apparent to me that the world needs to hear Bob LeMieux's presentation again. So look for that on Sweet Liberty in the coming days.
Keep in mind, that the Michigan Model was a pilot project for the whole country. Michigan was a test state for this type of experimental education. Don't think that your state is immune to the same type of feelings-based, values tampering, psycho-manipulating educational experimentation. Indeed, if your school, public or private, takes one penny of federal funds, they are mandated to implement the same type of educational agendas that gave Michigan the infamous Michigan Model.
Sadly, the situation is even worse, and cuts far deeper than simply children not being taught academics. At least one child committed suicide after having undergone the death education program in the Model. There have been other children that have literally been psychologically damaged by some of the "Calm Breathing" techniques that were included in the Model.
Learning about this type of education, in general, is of utmost importance to being able to spot it in your child's school. Notifying school officials that you choose to opt your child out of such programs is certainly vital.
Parents have to be actively involved in your child's education and know what is being taught. Otherwise, we're going to lose our children to a state-run education system whose values run counter to everything we consider sacred.
In conclusion, the role of parent is going to be filled by someone. If true parents refuse to stand up and take their rightful place, the state will be more than happy to fill the position — at great peril to both our children and society at large.
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