Education

7th graders in Rhode Island are to be forced to take a Gardasil HPV vaccine as part of strict rules about attending school.  As reported by the Providence Journal, Starting this fall, seventh-graders in all public and private schools will be required to get a vaccine that protects against a sexually transmitted virus linked to various genital cancers, especially cervical cancer in women. Students who fail to get the vaccine for HPV — or the human papillomavirus — will be precluded from attending school unless their parents seek an exemption for medical or religious reasons.

It was recently announced that 7th graders in Rhode Island will be required to have the Gardasil HPV vaccine as a requirement for attending school. According to the Providence Journal: Starting this fall, seventh-graders in all public and private schools will be required to get a vaccine that protects against a sexually transmitted virus linked to various genital cancers, especially cervical cancer in women.

While stories of micro-aggression and "safe spaces" abound in America, it appears the growth so-called "little emperors" throughout the world's universities is on the rise. As Harry Mount rages in the following Telegraph op-ed, the babies of the late 90s – mollycoddled by their parents, spoon-fed by their teachers, indulged by society – have now reached university and "It's time to say No to our pampered student emperors."

Via The Telegraph,

The polls show that the public supports the progressive position on many, many issues. Money in politics, education, trade, inequality, Social Security and Medicare, taking on the big banks -- you name it, across the board the public sees things the way progressives, not conservatives and their corporate/billionaire funders do.

John Taylor Gatto is the author of Weapons of Mass Instruction, Dumbing Us Down, and he was awarded as the New York State Teacher of the Year, and the New York City Teacher of the Year a number of times. We pick up the interview talking about how public education is designed to stifle creativity, one of the ways the manager class stifles education that Gatto covers.