Why is Education in American especially but in certain Western areas become so political?

Certain political groups have recognized that a less educated populace is easier to control with media spin. Therefore, they politicize education and try to undermine its credibility in order to encourage people to be more susceptible to their propaganda. Playing fast and loose with the facts doesn't work when people recognize that you are playing fast and loose with the facts.

The government influences education in schools; they want to dumb down the populace for control reasons. In my old school, (since it was funded by the government, and everything funded by they government is under influence) the championed socialist/ communist idols such as FDR (whom many people don't know was actually socialist). You're right; everything nowadays is about politics.

The main thing schools teach you is that intelligence is the ability to memorize and repeat; don't be fooled.

-Elizabeth

EDIT: I understand what you're saying, sorry if I was a little vague.

Let me be a bit clearer on my stance:

"Education is the best cure for indoctrination."

In my opinion, true.

"I believe this is the biggest issue people have come to loath education and all it means."

So you're implying political bias in school studies is the reason people have come to loathe education? I disagree.

"Education is not a left-wing or right-wing thing, hell the biggest mistake in US was when they began to make it political, when the very institution should teach facts and foster imagination, no agendas and especially not politics."

Almost got it. It's only a mistake in the eyes of the citizens, not in the eyes of the government. It's done **purposefully** by the government, to inject their 'beliefs' (shall we call it? Or rather steps to gain control) into the populace.

"If you educate people they become the future and if they soon realize in power what's going on, they are more likely to question...

"Why are we doing this...?""

Of course, an educated populace would begin to question decisions of the government, but that's what the government **doesn't** want; they don't want to be questioned, they want the people to follow their every command like it's a game of Simon Says.

Hope I made it a bit clearer,

-Elizabeth

Hate to burst your bubble and muscle in, yet you adult males won't be able to take the whining crowd in basic terms yet. the united kingdom is in basic terms as undesirable, as are the French, Spanish, and so on. in undemanding terms the Dutch do no longer whine......could have something to do with their 'Brown Cafes' (legalised Marijuana), lol. So......i think of fill the Atlantic with jello, anybody from each and every whining united states strip off, and shall we bare jello attempt against for the crown of 'top Whiners'! in undemanding terms a tenet, of course ;o)

The less education somebody has the more easier it is to enslave them