Posted by The Happy Tutor
Nelson Aldrich, a child of privilige, fallen upon hard times writes of social class for Financial Planning. One of my favorite writers about wealth in America, he calls for a return to Boarding Schools to teach the child of new money the responsibilities that come with wealth and to instill a social conscience. Instead, we can probably expect home schooling, drilling kids in the Bible, Hayek, and the tenets of Social Darwinism. As the Happy Tutor I do what I can, bringing the tough love and spankings of a good English Boarding School to the likes of Missy Proctor. But how can one man chasten an entire generation of spoiled rich kids and their self-satisfied parents? Perhaps I should turn my attention to training a cadre of Student Teachers. I am afraid, though, that wealth holders today are not so keen on cold showers, rising at dawn, and the chastiment of the errant flesh. So, like the Peripetetics of old, out we must go into the Dumpsters, to accost our betters as they pass by. Pro bono spankings may yet save our country and the souls of our ruling class.
Where would we be without visionaries like Aldrich to show us the way? Culture of the Manifestly Destined must not be left to its own devices: Curriculum planning sessions / with paddles / Tuesdays - midnight @ Skull & Bones / thong req'd.
Posted by: tom matrullo | February 19, 2005 at 08:26 AM
The Battle for Iraq was won on the playing fields of Wealth Bondage.
Posted by: Tutor | February 19, 2005 at 01:54 PM
No Teacher Left Standing
Posted by: klaus | February 20, 2005 at 12:59 PM
Very sad. I am close to those who teach and hear everyday about the impossibility of doing anything except teaching to the silly tests. Kids and teachers alike are being routinized into the drills of authority, of wealth bondage. The micro texture of fitting in or fucking off. Docility is the goal, and anxiety is the means.
Posted by: Tutor | February 20, 2005 at 01:16 PM
notice the bias in the questions.
"Which of the following workers are paid by taxes?"
"Describe how factories help a community."
Posted by: klaus | February 20, 2005 at 02:02 PM
Bias? A primer on the neocon vocab.
Posted by: Tutor | February 20, 2005 at 03:37 PM