Fred Bauder wrote:
Areas which are especially subject to academic politics
which eventually
skews the content of coursework. Generally these are areas which have
overriding significance (in the eyes of academics) which require (in their
eyes) that students be indoctrinated in a certain perspective. To give an
egegious example, a Chinese history student on the mainland. But it goes
beyond that sort of situation to include anyone who absorbs knowledge the
content of which is subject to political process.
Another egregious example of indoctrination is the ritual recitation of
the Pledge of Allegiance in American schools. If something like that is
repeated often enough it is bound to influence a person's outlook on
history.
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