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It's probably because the CoS does not want Scientologists to think for
themselves. These tapes on education promote that idea real strong.
Here are a few <fair use> quotes from the tapes ...
"Now, educationally, it is absolutely necessary for the teacher to
preserve the power of choice of the student over the data which is
taught.
And if it is not in agreement with the experience of the student, and
will not be found to be true in the environment of the student to
examine this and say so, and operate accordingly. Only in this wise
would you have anything used or useful." -- 25 October 1956
titled "Education" Page 120 in transcript
LRH makes very clear the concept of fixed data and unfixed data in the
following ...
"We teach people how their minds get fixed and unfixed. We do better
than that. Then we show them how they can fix and unfix these various
agreements and things and postulates."
"Now, here then is a tremendous field in scientology, and it does
appear that all you're doing is not just increasing the learning rate
of a person, but increasing his power of choice over what he has
learned. And if you can do that, why, then he can lead a much better
and more successful life."
In Methods of Education, LRH talks about getting the students to relax
with the data and I'll quote ...
"So you have to devaluate the unimportances out of the allness."
Ron has a technique of selecting the UNimportances of the data so a new
student does think IT'S ALL SUPER IMPORTANT."
I've had twins that didn't know this and expected me to learn all about
camera's instead of the study tech because Ron talked about it. I knew
enough to star rate it but soon forgot the data. Instead of star rating
on the IMPORTANCES of what I had studied, idiot twins would try to
catch me if I new some stupid camera part or technique. I think some of
you know what I'm talking about.
Well, Methods of Education disabuses anybody of the IMPORTANCE OF IT
ALL. Ron was trying to get people to have JUDGEMENT. Now days, I do not
see the judgement factor in the courseroom in the CoS. LRH was trying
to get people LUCID with the data.
Golden Age of Tech though teaches rote memory so you can robotically
real of the data with no evaluation.
"So you have to get him to evaluate, reevaluate it, and assume its
various levels of evaluation under his own power of choice. And then
he's got a subject in a more useful state than he has ever had it
before."
In Education: Point of Agreement, given on 30 October 1956, Ron talks
about how typical education works. This is what the CoS does too now.
"Education could have been defined this way (it was not, but everybody
would agree with this definition, I'm sure): Education is the process
of placing data in the recalls of another."
"Now as long as we get on and maintain this kick of inflow only, we're
in trouble. Education does not happen. If education means inflowing
ideas, then we're also talking hypnotism. You see, there's no
differentiation there. We're talking about beating somebody up and
laying an engram in. This then, too, would be education, wouldn't it?
So, we had education and aberration very, very closely associated."
"In other words, simply implanting the recall and then pulling back out
again, while it has been defined as education, is nothing but a black
operation, nothing but. To do this to little kids is to do away with
their initiative. Therefore a time for revolution in the field of
education is definitely at hand."
"To teach a subject, it would be necessary : one, for the person being
taught to be able to receive a nonsignificant, disrelated idea from
another." ..... "All right, the next condition that we would have
to meet would be making certain that this person could maintain his power
of choice over the data given to him.' ... "So we would give him some
data which were incorrect, and giving him the data that are incorrect,
we'd find out the: one, if he could remember them: and two, if he
could reject them. And the idea of being able to reject a datum, and
still remember it, to know that it is untrue and nonfactual, and still
be able to recall it, is of course bettered by a further action: being
able to wipe it out completely and not recall it. And that is a skill,
that is a skill."
Can any Scientologiist tell me where in CoS this is taught?
"All right, let's take a look, then, at education and find out why
you would do this that way, rather than just place something in somebody's
recall, to have him really know it as a datum. Why would you do this?
Would there be any sense in this at all? Well, yes, there certainly
would be. The individual would be able to use that datum; he would be
able to evalutate it's importance; he would be able to handle it, and
handle it with many other things; in other words, you have given him
something for his utilization."
"Now, of course you can understand that this is just a criticism from
me and I'm a very critical person,"
Oh oh. Ron admits he's critical. Ron's critical? Perhaps he has overts?
Or do many scientologists have an MU on the idea that being critical is
something bad?
Guess what, these tapes teach too much thinking for oneself. Management
can't have that. They would get too many roudy students. They want
students who don't cause any trouble. So I imagine these 3 tapes are
not worth the trouble to risk that.
Theta Member #47
P.S. This is not the stuff CoS is practicing.
Here's another ...
"I am afraid that in the field of knowledge, to me nothing, including
scientology, is sacred.
In fact, I'd have to be argued with and shot at awfully long for
anybody to convince me that a datum was an unalterable datum which must
never again be reviewed." -- 25 October 1956 titled
"Education" page 121 in transcript.
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 05:27:25 GMT
Subject: Reasons CoS discontinued 3 Educ. Tapes?
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