"Stupid in America" on 20/20 Friday the 13th

Be sure to watch 20/20 on Friday the 13th. They will be covering the topic of how the American Public School System is really "dumbing us down". I can definitely testify to my own learning experience back in the 70's and 80's and can see how learning was not really happening for me and I can completely credit it to the things I have read in the book below. Sending a child off to school, in my humble opinion, is almost like a form of child abuse. As a substitute teacher back in the 90's I remember thinking how ridiculous it was that classes are in 50 minute "segments" with hardly enough time for any actual learning to take place. By the time class finally got going,,,the bell was ringing, luring the students into the hallways to socialize and completely forget what was going on. Big industry in the early 1900's made sure that nobody in America got too smart...Afterall,,,they didn't want anyone to learn too much and then open shop across the street and become competition. People like Henry Ford wanted to make sure to create a new generation that would not complain about working 12 hour MINDLESS shifts. An over-educated America would not support Big Business. If you get a chance, read "Dumbing us Down" by John Taylor Gatto,,,a former "teacher of the year" in New York who exposed the public education system for what it is in his acceptance speech when he won the award. He immediately gave his resignation to the crowd of "administrators".
Don't let the public school system "dumb down" your child!
It is happening all over the U.S.