To:               The LOOP:;
From:             Lauren Scheffers <lscheffers@sprintmail.com> (by way of James
 Kilpatrick)
Subject:          Retransmit of "Four Stages of OBE"
Date sent:        Sun, 22 Feb 1998 08:07:15 -0600


>The following is a post which was originated by DaveZiffer@aol.com.  It is
one of those posts which I have filed in my "classics" file.  I thought
some of you more recent Loop members might enjoy it, as well.  It explains
just why it is so difficult to get any public momentum going in terms of
meeting parental desires in how our children are educated.
>
>Lauren
>
>
>Complete OBE Ignorance:  The parent is entirely unaware that anything is
wrong. He sends his kids off to school with the expectation that they will
receive something resembling a traditional education, much like the one
that he received as a child.
>
>Subliminal OBE Awareness:  The parent is still unaware of OBE, but notices
that there is definitely something wrong at school. At this point he either
joins the majority of the public and rationalizes things, or begins
investigating and moves on to the the next stage.
>
>Naive OBE Dissatisfaction:  The parent starts mounting efforts to combat
specific elements of OBE, believing them to be a series of unrelated and
misguided programs being implemented randomly by his local authorities.
Writes letters to school board members and politicians, starts organizing
local citizens to combat specific issues. Puts his kids in a private school
or starts homeschooling.
>
>Total OBE Outrage:  The parent realizes that OBE is a totally systematic
program designed to destroy every last vestige of academic education and
American liberty. Realizes that if he were to try to alert his neighbors to
the reality of this program, they would respond by labeling him as a
lunatic. Determines, in retrospect, that others must be led down the same
gradual path that he followed.
>
>Author:  Dave Ziffer