Category Archives: Education

A Judenfrei University of California?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Students at the University of California, Davis showed their tolerance and acceptance by… shouting “Allahu Akbar” during an Israeli divestment vote.      “But they just oppose Zioinism” one might say.  But then one would be wrong: Tweet

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The Two Taco Terror

Posted on February 9, 2015 by The Political Hat

     A teacher berated and physically attacked a child for… trying to eat TWO tacos! “But when the student returned, [the teacher] Chanel Lemelle allegedly took one of his tacos and told the student ‘he only needed one taco,’ a deputy … Continue reading →

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Occupy Syllabus: A Fisking

Posted on February 3, 2015 by The Political Hat

     How dare a classical social theory class talk about classical social theorists of Western thought be mentioned, at the expense of modern theorists and foreign ideologies?      A rather pathetic whining about just such a class graced the student pages of … Continue reading →

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Blaming Whitey 101

Posted on January 28, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Arizona State University has finally provided that one class which was denying everyone a politically correct education: “U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness.”      Unsurprisingly, the course description is a hodge-podge of “critical studies” like “schools of thought” that … Continue reading →

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Food Justice

Posted on January 15, 2015 by The Political Hat

     We have previously spoken of “food justice“.  What is “food justice”?  It the “fundamental transformation” of food related activities in America to achieve some egalitarian vision of equality and environmentalism.  In other words, it will do for food what Marxism … Continue reading →

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The Howard Zinnification of the American school system

Posted on January 13, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Recently, the talentless Queen Latifah had on her show some indoctrinated youths recite a poem* about how America is all about oppression and stuff under the guise of “teaching teen lit[erature] through poetry.”      *By “poem” I mean an incoherent pseudo-rhythmic … Continue reading →

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It Takes a Federalized Community College to Raise a Progressive Child

Posted on January 12, 2015 by The Political Hat

     President Obama has announced a scheme to provide two years of “free” college.  The Federal government would pay for ¾ of the tuition, but require the state to pony up ¼ of the cost.      This isn’t “free,” it is government … Continue reading →

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Common Core in Jeopardy

Posted on December 18, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Remember how the Common Core math was supposed to create a plethora of super-genius kids who toss aside rote memorization so as to achieve the almost-Gnostic truth of math, and be so able to become paragons of mathematics?      Let’s see … Continue reading →

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WTF is “NeuroQueer”?

Posted on December 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     For when special little snowflakes don’t feel they are treated special enough: Tweet

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Knee-Jerk Reactions and Common Core

Posted on December 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     There are many things about Common Core to complain about, especially when it comes to the insane mathematics they use.      However, one should be careful to not condemn any school material in a knee-jerk way.  For example, Erick Erickson of … Continue reading →

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