Sep 22, 2013

Brainwashing the youth


I think this picture shows us one of the approaches of seeing education. As in the true meaning of authority. It’s true that the teachers are smarter than the students, otherwise there would be no use for teachers, but how do we know if the knowledge we receive from them is true? Certainly we shouldn’t ALWAYS question the authority, but when do we know is the right time?
Also all that we are told might just be a way to shape the youth's way of thinking and the way of seeing
the world into a form that is "better for the society" and better for the government.


The way of changing the youth into  a form that is better for the government is been around a long time. Here are 3 pictures of children who are taught how to think and their way of understanding the world is shaped. The little Nazi kids have no idea of what the raising of the hand TRULY means and for them it is the way world has always been.
Also the children writing on a bomb might find it honorable and a privilege, not thinking about the consequences it may bring.
 But that is not their fault because they have all been taught that way and for them it is normal. 


 So the question remains: Should we always question the authority and if not always then how do we recognize the right time?




Or maybe you are being brainwashed by me right now?

1 comment:

  1. A very important question to be asking, Claudia.

    Well done for extracting valid Knowledge Questions from a real-life example.

    Some terminology to use within your argument is 'indoctrination' - where students are instilled with the beliefs and values of the authority, usually for control measures.

    You have achieved the primary purpose of the journal - to extract Knowledge Questions about our lives. Keep this up!

    Miss N

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