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!important; ">Doris Lessing's<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Golden Notebook</i>:</p>
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!important; ">“Ideally, what should be said to every child,
repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something
like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We
have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a
system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we
can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of
current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture.
The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these
must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to
accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by
their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of
you who are more robust and individual than others will be
encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself —
educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember,
always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and
patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this
particular society.”<br>
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!important; ">point is, what centers of education should be,
and what they are, is not the same, by far.</p>
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!important; ">That is what it is, and we tolerate it because
we cannot figure anything better. <br>
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!important; ">BTW, do y-all know of any Christian school that
uses Linux? I don't. Besides y'all (and an uncle), all my
linuxy acquaintances and buds are unbelievers.<br>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px
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!important; ">BTW, it happens everywhere. In South America,
education decision makers are offered "training" trips to
Miami, M$ paid. (used to be to Redmond, but I guess they
figured Miami gets the allegiance purchased for less)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/05/2013 05:11 PM, Fred A. Miller
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Microsoft is buying loyalty, the Apple way, by indoctrinating <br>
students in classrooms in Georgia. <br>
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Microsoft gives "free" software to college students in Georgia, <br>
and Microsoft products are used and taught in the University, <br>
thus continuing a cycle. <br>
<br>
It is the same technique used by drug dealers. Here is Microsoft's
<br>
spin: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.rgerhart.com/uploads/8/3/2/1/8321687/georgia.pdf">http://www.rgerhart.com/uploads/8/3/2/1/8321687/georgia.pdf</a>
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Where else is this happening & why is it tolerated? <br>
<br>
Centers of education should be centers of diversity - not closed-shops
<br>
for the commercial promotion of proprietary products. <br>
<br>
LibreOffice <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.libreoffice.org/">http://www.libreoffice.org/</a> and Moodle <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://moodle.org/">https://moodle.org/</a> <br>
are free and meet most educational needs. <br>
<br>
Taking this fiscal and organizational short-cut is not in the best interest
<br>
of students. Shame on the Georgia Board of Regents.
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