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“The social ‘sciences’ anti psychology, have yearned for the respectability of scientific disciplines, & have touted themselves as science for many decades. However, both fields emerged from the same humanistic cesspool of the last century.… When psychology & social sciences were made part of close cause-and-effect system, along with physics, astronomy, & chemistry, it was not only God who died. Man died.“

Skinner thought that a person could be controlled by the environment-psychologically facilitative ‘ school Climate’-to do what is best for him. Bad behavior should be ignored, according to Skinner. Good behavior should be rewarded. A very good method of dog training!“

“… After 12 years of rewards for correct answers, will their children ever have the courage or be motivated to do anything on their own- to take a what is left of their ‘principles’ is challenged? If this method is implemented in all schools of the nation… Our nation will become a nation of robotic drones, responding to whomever wishes to control them for whatever purpose.”

“… the holistic approach to education through the inclusion of social sciences in the education- a clear departure from academically oriented, educational pursuits into intrusive areas totally unrelated to education.“

“… the basic admission of the office [of Education] to “promote the cause of education“ remains unchanged since its establishment in 1867… This means that the report will be largely implemented on the administrative level without congressional action and approved.“ (1960)

“… few Americans understand our constitutional form of government, and are, therefore, unable to recognize the important differences between a representative republic, and the parliamentary form of government found in socialist democracies.”

“This Taxonomy provided the necessary tool for the schools of education to restructure education from academics to value(behavior) change. The swinging door was finally propped open to incorporate, attitudes, values, and beliefs into the definition of education. It is impossible to overstate the Taxonomy importance.”

“Defining health as a ’state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ it includes not only the more conventional fields of activity, but also mental health, housing, nutrition, economic, or working conditions, and administrative and social techniques affecting public health.”

The reader should refer back to the preface of the book, the deliberate dumping down of America, for discussion of the need to create robot to do not know right from wrong and you do not have a conscience-leaving the determination of right and wrong to the proposed United Nations “global conscience“.

Kenzie and Bluhm, as scientist, were involved in breaking down of man(taxonomizing) into units of behavior, which Skinner, as a behaviorist, could identify, measure and change. This breaking down or “deconstructing of Man’ was intended to separate man from his God-given, freedom, providing identity. This opened the door does the study of method to control man and society…“