One of the eight stated purposes of Goals 2000 is
"increased parental involvement in learning." Yet parents have
experienced a strange phenomenon when they have tried to follow the goal
and actually get involved. They are rejected.
They are not, however, rejected rudely or dismissed
abruptly. In fact, most parents come away from a school meeting not
knowing they've been rejected at all.
On the contrary, school administrators openly welcome
them, show them around and bring them into their office for a friendly
chat. During that meeting the education official will quiz parents about
their interests in education reform. The parents will be asked if they are
a part of any locally organized group of concerned parents. They will want
to know if the parents are affiliated with a specific national group or
religion.
After the interview, a smile, a hand shake and a pat on
the back gives the parents the feeling that progress has been made, that
the school is interested in their ideas and that their concerns will be
considered and changes made. Yet it never seems to happen.
That's because many school administrators have been
specially trained to deal with those who seek to question the education
"reforms" that are rapidly replacing the teaching of basic
academics. In most cases a school administrator has no intention of
changing anything the parent finds troubling. But he also knows that an
angry group of parents can cause trouble for their plans. His job is to
keep parents happy and quiet. He's been trained for just such a challenge.
It's called the "Delphi Technique" and parents, who don't know
they're being manipulated, haven't a chance against it.
The Delphi Technique was first developed in the late
1950's by the Rand Corporation as a method to "forecast" the
future. Companies used it to help make decisions in determining product
development and how new technology would affect the market.
Later, the technique was perfected to literally dictate
desired outcomes. A panel of experts was placed in a group session and
through a very subtle manipulations process to separate supporters from
detractors of the official, desired outcome, they were brought around to
accept a pre-determined position. Those who opposed the position were
subjected to ridicule, divisions were driven between the two sides, until
only one possible solution could be accepted - the pre-determined outcome.
Once this group of respected authorities had accepted that position it was
a simple step to dictate the outcome to the rest of the market.
This is exactly how the radical Educrats are stopping
opponents of Goals 2000 and Outcome-based Education. The reason the
parents are quizzed about their interests and affiliations is to determine
if they are potential trouble makers. If they are part of an organized
effort to challenge "reforms" then steps will be taken to
investigate, and possibly infiltrate the group.
Here is a sample of how the Delphi Technique is thrust
on such a group. At a regular meeting of a parents' group organized to
stop Outcome-based Education, for example, a new, "concerned"
parent makes his appearance. He may be a well-known civic leader that the
other members are excited to have on board. His presence adds needed
credibility and contacts to their efforts.
He sits and listens, and he watches members as each
expresses his or her opinion. He will begin to ask questions and play
"devils advocate" as he points out possible objections to the
group's positions. He warns them that they could be perceived as too
extreme to be taken seriously by other community leaders. He's concerned
because he just wants to see the group succeed. He poses as everyone's
caring friend.
As he observes the group he begins to evaluate the
positions of each member, watching for those with the strongest opinion
and those who may be a little hesitant in their convictions. The weaker
ones become his target. He begins to question the position of the leaders,
playing on the doubts or fears of those with weaker convictions or
differing opinions. Finally, he begins to drive a wedge between them -
always, he says, with the "good of the group" in mind.
Soon, as a result of his manipulation, dissension
breaks out in the group. Its goals become clouded. Eventually it will
break up completely or take a radically different position on the issue.
The outcome that the Educrats wanted is achieved. Their opposition has
been neutralized.
The Delphi Technique is used over and over again on all
types of issues, not just education. It is the reason why change is rarely
achieved, why opposition rarely succeeds even though, in the beginning of
a community debate, it seems everyone supports those calling for rational
change.
How can it be that with nation-wide hatred of Goals
2000, it isn't stopped? How does Outcome-based Education survive? Why are
our children trapped in such an education nightmare, unable to learn, even
as the whole nation demands change? The reason is because the Educrats
want it that way and they have the power to neutralize any voice of
opposition through tactics like the Delphi Technique.
The Delphi Technique is used in almost every college in
the country. It is used on students to assure that they emerge with the
proper attitudes. The Delphi Technique itself is a very important
component of Outcome-based Education and is used on children in secondary
classrooms.
The technique is taught to those who are expected to go
out into the community and implement the education "reform"
agenda. Community leaders are recruited and trained so that they can use
their influence to promote the agenda.
The technique is being used in almost every school in
America as parents attempt to use rationality and reason to combat an
education "reform" program like Goals 2000 that fails to teach
children to read, write or add and subtract. As children grow dumber,
parents want action. The Delphi Technique blocks all avenues of change.
With a smile, a pleasant manner, a hand shake and a
steel shaft in the back, parents, who just want to save their children,
are being deliberately manipulated by a controlling monster that stops at
nothing to force its programs into place.
Americans wonder aloud why nothing ever changes, no
matter the outcome of elections, no matter how loud the protests, no
matter how wrong the program. To see the reason in action, just visit your
local school, voice some objections and watch the Delphi Technique spring
into action - on you.
