Kakki, thanks for sharing your high school experiences with us. That is a shame that someone like you who was such a good student & worked so hard was treated so unfairly. For the record, I too felt very strongly & only participated in peaceful protests against the war. I never understood the point of protesting war by using violent means. And I don't challenge you on the fact that you had some Marxist teachers. It explains why you feel so strongly about Marxism for sure.
What I do challenge you on is this statement that you made: "It's no secret that our educational systems in the U.S. have long been either dominated or heavily influenced by them." I challenge you because I have worked in the US educational system most of my life, spent a year at UCSB's Graduate School of Education & never ever heard such a claim. If it is no secret why haven't I ever heard of this? I have never had a teacher tell me he/she was a Marxist. That doesn't mean that they weren't but I never had anyone tell me that, either as a student or as a peer. It is one thing to have had some Marxist teachers, but quite another to claim it is commonplace knowledge that the US educational system is dominated or heavily influenced by Marxists. I am sorry to challenge you when you are feeling the way you do right now but this is a statement that needs to be backed up with substantial evidence. ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
