edu-lu-tion.com Blog http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog The END of Public Education Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Review of SSP on Lost Liberty Cafe http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-review-of-ssp-on-lost-liberty-cafe/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-review-of-ssp-on-lost-liberty-cafe/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:15:44 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=47 “Let’s face it, you’ve heard it before and have probably said it yourself, school sucks! I first said it when I was eight years old and I’ll say it again today. From the very first day of first grade onward I can still recall the dull atmosphere and senseless, mind numbing work, briefly interrupted by an hour on the playground, where it was not uncommon to encounter a bully with their own set of plans for me…”

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]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2010/02/03/a-review-of-ssp-on-lost-liberty-cafe/feed/ 0 SSP Reaches 10,000 Subscribers! http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/11/03/ssp-reaches-10000-subscribers/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/11/03/ssp-reaches-10000-subscribers/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:52 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=45 (About 4000 never downloaded anything, but hopefully they’ll be back)

The show has been the #1 education podcast on PodOmatic.com for six straight weeks (out of over 700 shows).

Today, School Sucks ranks #63 overall (out of over 51,000 shows)

]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/11/03/ssp-reaches-10000-subscribers/feed/ 0 ‘School Sucks’ podcast gets tenfold listenership increase after FDR interview… http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/17/school-sucks-podcast-gets-tenfold-listenership-increase-after-fdr-interview/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/17/school-sucks-podcast-gets-tenfold-listenership-increase-after-fdr-interview/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:51:09 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=41 Click Here to Read This Thread

]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/17/school-sucks-podcast-gets-tenfold-listenership-increase-after-fdr-interview/feed/ 0 Brett Veinotte on the Peter Mac Show http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/13/brett-veinotte-on-the-peter-mac-show/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/13/brett-veinotte-on-the-peter-mac-show/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:59:39 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=35 Brett Veinotte, of http://www.edu-lu-tion.com and the School Sucks podcast series. Brett is an educator whose ambition it is to put an end to public/government-controlled education.

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]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/10/02/freedomain-radio-interview-brett-veinotte/feed/ 0 PodOmatic Movers and Shakers September 22 http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/podomatic-movers-and-shakers-september-22/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/podomatic-movers-and-shakers-september-22/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:18:20 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=29 Again School Sucks is the #1 English-language educational podcast on PodOmatic. And it was featured today on Movers and Shakers.

http://www.podomatic.com/rankings

]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/podomatic-movers-and-shakers-september-22/feed/ 0 Freedomain Radio thread about School Sucks Podcast http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/freedomain-radio-thread-about-school-sucks-podcast/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/freedomain-radio-thread-about-school-sucks-podcast/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:12:07 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=26 Thanks fingolfin!
http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/22453.aspx

]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/23/freedomain-radio-thread-about-school-sucks-podcast/feed/ 0 Good News From Pod0matic http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/18/good-news-from-pod0matic/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/18/good-news-from-pod0matic/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:25:15 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=18 As of September 17th, School Sucks was the #1 English language educational podcast on Pod0matic.

The show was also featured on Pod0matic’s Movers and Shakers for September 18th. These are the shows that jump the most in the rankings.

http://www.podomatic.com/rankings

Thanks for all the support!

]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/18/good-news-from-pod0matic/feed/ 0 Daniel Lakemacher on Antiwar Radio http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/17/daniel-lakemacher-on-antiwar-radio/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/17/daniel-lakemacher-on-antiwar-radio/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:22:10 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=15 Daniel, one of the co-hosts of Complete Liberty Podcast, who runs the site www.warisimmoral.com on Antiwar Radio

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]]> http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/17/daniel-lakemacher-on-antiwar-radio/feed/ 0 Episode 6: Conformity and Compliance http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/17/episode-6-conformity-and-compliance/ http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/2009/09/17/episode-6-conformity-and-compliance/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:15:45 +0000 Administrator http://edu-lu-tion.com/blog/?p=9 Episode 6: Conformity and Compliance

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Critical Thinking Question: Imagine a very small group people trying to exercise power and control over a very large group of people. How dangerous would this situation be for the small group if they lacked the tools to control the thinking of people in the much larger group?

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership

The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it’s all about?

Bumper Music:
Psychostick “Hokey Pokey”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZZ7ed7vXY

Look Closer:
The Matrix and the Cave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNMZEDOBrM

John Taylor Gatto: Schooling is not Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKci3_cmlqI

“AGAINST SCHOOL: How public education cripples our kids, and why” By John Taylor Gatto
http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm

“Separating School & State: How To Liberate American Families” by Sheldon Richman
http://www.sntp.net/education/school_state_intro.htm

Crossing Education's Rubicon With Horace Mann
http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/cubedseducationblog/2007/05/education_is_a_.html

WAS DEWEY A MARXIST? By William Brooks
http://www.stlawrenceinstitute.org/vol13brk.html

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