From Publishers Weekly
Claiming that our current educational system teaches students to worship technology and consumerism, Postman argues for more humanistic “narratives” as the basis for schools. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
After 20 books (e.g., Technopoly, LJ 1/92), Postman, social critic par excellence, has returned to his original turf: education. Sharp, witty, and frequently quotable, he demolishes many leading popular themes as lacking in meaning. Education without spiritual content or, as he puts it, without a myth or narrative to sustain and motivate, is education without a purpose. That purpose used to be democracy and could still be, if only we were willing to look for the elements that unite rather than separate. Postman considers multiculturalism a separatist movement that destroys American unity. Diversity, however, is one of the themes he would employ in teaching language, history, and culture. (more…)
Moms play an important role in the family, and more roles to be performed if you don’t have a partner to share with you the responsibilities of a parent. Life is much harder if a mom was not able to finish her education. Having proper education is an advantage to almost anything you do in life especially when you use it to find a much better employment with better income. Being a mom is not an easy task with all the duties they had to do for their family especially for their kids. It’s a pleasure for every mom to give the kind of life their family deserves and see them living happily. But how can one give such good life to their families if they are not born