Fred Bauder wrote:
Areas which are especially subject to academic politics which eventually skews the content of coursework. Generally these are areas which have overriding significance (in the eyes of academics) which require (in their eyes) that students be indoctrinated in a certain perspective. To give an egegious example, a Chinese history student on the mainland. But it goes beyond that sort of situation to include anyone who absorbs knowledge the content of which is subject to political process.
Another egregious example of indoctrination is the ritual recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in American schools. If something like that is repeated often enough it is bound to influence a person's outlook on history.
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