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The Leipzig Connection (Basics in Education)

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This book tells the true and complete story of what happened to our educational system, and how it was ruined by Rockefeller money through the introduction of psychology (and later psychiatry)into the system. Going right along with this destruction there is another very well documented book titled "World Without Cancer" by G. Edward Griffin (an independent researcher not connected with the authors of The Leipzig Connection), which tells how the Rockefellers turned our MEDICAL educational system into a profit center for themselves---a system which promotes drugs (which they make and sell) and surgery, which necessitates the use of their drugs---and away from other more promising avenues. If you want further documentation on the destructive influence of the Rockefellers read Ida Tarbell's famous book "THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY". Then there's "Why Johnny Can't Tell Right From Wrong" by William K. Kilpatrick and "Dumbing Down Our Kids : Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves but Can't Read, Write, or Add" by Charles J. Sykes, both of which detail the depths to which the Rockefeller financed psychological fiddling of our school curriculums has taken us. But essential to a complete understanding of any of the above is an understanding of the story related in "The Leipzig Connection". It really is a must read.

A short book with a big message. Read it for yourself to see just how much outside influence from the 19th and 20th centuries is being utilized to dumb down our children and turn them into 'animals'. A lot of the current buzz words that you hear today are ideas that have been thrust upon our phyche until we've been conditioned to believe it. You can't ask for more of an eye-opening experience than the one that this book brings to pass.

This book is 5 Stars - not because it is a blockbuster, but more in the sense of The Tao Te Ch'ing - it has a basic nourishment simply put and straight. The Leipzig Connection simply traces development of "modern" "progressive" "20th century" "education" theory and practice from basic kernel (acorn) in the Psychology Labs of Late 19th Century Germany, from plant to graft to fully invasive tendrils resulting in the 20th Century culmination of an educational system realizing that a simple classic "Oak" had been subborned into a useless tangle of creepers.

Or skip the poetry, just appreciate the elegant clarity and direct purpose of this slim volume.

A MUST for EVERY student of education, educator, educational theorist, or intelligent adult.

Basically, this is a great place to start if you want to understand how American education got so messed up. It's a small book with less than 100 little pages, but it covers all the important people in the early decades, from about 1880 to 1950.

The thesis is that all our early educators got their start in Germany, at a famous university there, and acquired a lot of unfortunate tendencies. The book contains many quotations by all the heavy hitters (from Wilhelm Wundt to Rockefeller), with a footnote on almost every page, plus a dozen photographs and a long bibliography. The book definitely has a case to make, but does so in a scholarly way.

Here's one of John Dewey's quotations: "The ultimate problem of all education is to coordinate the psychological and social factors." From there it's all downhill. Note that there's no mention of anything academic or scholarly. Note that Dewey could solve this problem to his immense satisfaction and students could still end up ignorant. Which is pretty much what he achieved for us.

Don't suppose that these long ago manias have somehow moved on. They have not. In one of the weirdest pairings in history, far-left academics used Rockefeller's guilty millions to fund and shape Teachers College (and many others) with the express purpose of churning out indoctrinated teachers who would then be sent out into the countryside to indoctrinate the young. The beat goes on.

I stopped teaching in May 2010, because I was tired of fighting to truly teach the children in my classroom. I had a 2 year old son and figured that I needed to worry about educating him. While trying to explain to my husband why I want to homeschool and trying to make a clear and concise argument for him, I cam across Charlotte Iserbyt's "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America." I began reading her book, which quickly began making sense. I then set out to read the other works that she had mentioned in her book. "The Leipzig Connection," by Paolo Lionni was the first that arrived. It's a short, small book of about 100 pages and explains how today's psychology was born, how it got to be the movement it's been since the beginning of the 19th century, and what those pushing this movement ultimately wanted. It explains how our schools were slowly changed over time. If one has ever been able to get their hands on a McGuffey Reader, the reading "textbook" of the 1800's one will quickly see the depth of vocabulary that education children had at this time, and how it far exceeds many of today's educators that have a PhD. This has always blown me away, and I have wondered and questioned why I couldn't expect more of my students and challenge them to think and grow educationally. I know understand why, and understand why many administrators have found my questioning so upsetting.

If you are unsatisfied with your child's education, your education, or even care a little about the education system in America, picking up this book and reading it will enlighten you. It will help you to understand what is happening in schools across America, and give you insight on what you are truly up against. The read is not difficult and the information is presented in a way that not only makes it as interesting as page turning thriller, but will also leave you wanting to learn more. Hopefully you'll also give Charlotte Iserbyt's web sites and in depth knowledge available on them, a gander to open your eyes and take your understanding of American education even deeper.

This is one of the most enlightening books on the question we parents have asked so many times, "How did our American educational system get so messed up?"

I'd heard so many other theories before (mostly not enough funding for schools) that I wasn't sure this book would hold much truth either.
I was completely wrong.

Reading this book was the first time I've felt that I truly understand what happened to our once great American educational system. It makes so much sense and it has nothing to do with funding or throwing more money at the current system as it stands.

If you're a parent - read it. If you're an educator - you must read it.
Though written in 1972, the information with it's names, dates, and history of our educational decline is as pertinent in 2008 as it was then.

This book is simply a factual review of history and is of great value, as all but one of it reviewers (and he was way off base) have pointed out.

However, it was the late Lance J. Klass who wrote its original manuscript, and Paolo Lionni then worked with Klass on its final version. Therefore, the omission of Lance J. Klass's name on the photocopy of this book's cover, as shown here, is unacceptable.

The Leipzig Connection is a very informative book and although it isn't a lengthy book it's power packed with information that is vital to understanding the deliberate destruction of Western education thus creating an atmosphere of deindustrialization of those countries by destroying future generations.

Lots of information on how the Rockefellers have affected education in this country. They set up foundations to improve public opinion about themselves. Also covers Wundt and others. Recommended reading.

I ordered more than one, one from each supplier, but up to now I have only received one.
The book itself is excellent. Everyone should read it.