Today, I read a part of a book. The book is "IMPERIAL AMBITIONS", which recorded interviews with NOAM CHOMSKY.
He is said to be the most famous linguist in the world. He wrote a lot of books about not only linguistis but also U.S.'s government and its policies.
It was the first time I read his book. But soon,I was utterly enthralled by his thoughts.
The part I read today is "DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION".
Then, I'm going to write my thoughts about his opinions.
Since Jimmy Carter pretend to be a religious fanatic, all U.S. presidents have done so. Due to it, U.S. government's policies and the education in U.S. have been affected by religion, especially primitive Christianity. Of course, I don't say that religion is not good. I wanna say that we should separate politics and education from religion. This is because a lot of religions exsit in the international society. That is to say, we must not think only what we belive is what is right. But, if our education is biased by specific religion to an unpresedent extent, chiliden will not be able to accept other thoughts.
In the U.S., there is a big assaults on freedom of speech everywhere, in radio, in universities. More than a dozen state ligislatures are now considering legislation to control what teachers and professors say in classrooms and to make sure teachers don't "indoctirnate students". Mr. NOAM CHOMSKY thinks that some of them will pass. I think so, too.
Then, what we can do? At first, I think, Americans have to be more agressive activists. This is because it is their problem. However, in fact, it is also the international problems. this is because it is the fact that U.S. is the only country that has a huge power in the world. Their education affects American children. American children grow up and the become adults. They will control the international society. Then, what will happen?