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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

THE "DON'T JUDGE ME" SOCIETY

THE “DON’T JUDGE ME” SOCIETY
By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist


In our current culture we must tolerate any obnoxious actions from PC ordained minority groups. These groups are identified by the progressive elites in the media through government legislation on all levels and local selective enforcement of our laws. Members of these groups should be allowed to do whatever they want without consequences because they are assigned special status for supposed past discrimination against them. The politically correct rules that grant specific minorities special favors and protection will disappear once they reach the goal of total control of the government.

To ensure the selective lawlessness and enforcement, progressive elites have taken a page from the Communist playbook of political correctness. By defining PC rules the radical political fringe has defined and supported special groups to break down the unity of the traditional culture. This opens up the culture to radical change.

Being non-judgmental is a powerful moral value tool of the PC bible. Anyone who is judgmental even in an authorized position will be seen as a narrow minded authoritarian. In our PC elite culture we should tolerate any type of behavior regardless of its negative impact. Individuals and certain groups should have a right to do their own thing without consequences. A person is considered nasty or a bigot whenever they make a less than glowing appraisal of another even if it is accurate.

Everyone should feel good by being a winner. Therefore we have to make each one a winner. Teachers who maintain high academic standards and expectations are considered punitive and mean spirited. Coaches are attacked by an ever-growing number of parents for keeping score, giving honest feedback and selecting the best players to participate in the game. Employers are castigated or sued for some harassment whenever they evaluate a person negatively. Reducing his role and prohibiting yelling directly into the face of a recruit have emasculated even the drill sergeant. Even religions are attacked for advocating traditional moral values that are the foundation of their belief system.

In a centrally controlled state the government should be the only master by controlling all levers of power including values. Competitiveness and competence should not determine a person’s status in a PC society. Instead, the ruling class should select the people and groups that can strengthen their power over the masses. By discarding expectations, standards and neutering local authority’s power the central government can more efficiently control the people and ultimately the society.

The PC police have been immensely successful in gutting the traditional American culture. Currently preschool students confidently tell their teachers and other students, “don’t judge me.” The modern child rearing process has allowed them to become in charge of their families, classrooms and public places.  The most obnoxious behaviors such as yelling at parents, teachers and adults are protected in this PC world. Everyone: parents, teachers and strangers are intimidated by the culture to attempt to reprimand obnoxious behavior anywhere. The authority figures have been conditioned to allow a child to express his anger in a wild tantrum as it is protected under PC policies. Children are now a protected class from all non- government figures including the parents.

PC protection has expanded to rioting by destructive college agitators, to illegal violent immigrants flooding our borders, females who wrongfully allege male sexual harassment and abuse, welfare abuse, racial pimps, drug pushers, sexual deviants and corrupt politicians of the correct political persuasion. The PC elites indoctrinate the public that these acts are expressions of their free speech rights. They have become the new normal. These anti-social acts have become acceptable and the perpetrators have become our modern heroes.

The traditional white person who points out hypocrisy of the selective enforcement of the law is called every pejorative term under the sun with little legal recourse. They have become the sacrificial lambs to show that the PC power structure is sincere in its desire to correct past grievances against minorities.

This is not the true aim of the PC movement. The divide and conquer techniques will leave the progressive establishment in total control of all groups and citizens as they desire. Everyone will be exploited as political elites see fit. Only the party members will reap the benefits of a totalitarian regime.

When citizens lose the right and rewards to practice positive moral values the society sinks to the lowest common denominator. “Deviancy down” creates corruption, dysfunction, hedonism, and chaos. “Don’t judge me,” means anything goes in this new, old west wasteland. Immorality, economic decline and injustice replace economic stability, freedom, law and order.

We as a society need to encourage authority figures to rightfully judge others. This will help to maintain a high quality of life, individual rights and a peaceful and lawful society.


Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.








Wednesday, April 19, 2017

DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT, SELF-RELIANT LEARNERS

DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT, SELF-RELIANT LEARNERS
By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

A specific BA or BS credential increases the teacher’s attractiveness and hire-ability in public school settings. According to the public school mindset, a teacher with more time in college classrooms taking education courses is generally a better-prepared teacher than an experienced teacher in the classroom.

This perspective makes sense if you view education as simply a way of transferring specialized information from teacher to student. The degrees are also impressive to parents when they learn that the child’s faculty has highly trained and credentialed people. These teachers are experts in education jargon that is music to the ears of most parents during any parent/teacher meeting.

The complication is that most modern children have few life skills or motivation to be receptive and able to concentrate on pedantic material no matter how interestingly presented. Moreover, too many students have unstable families that result in emotional and psychological deficits. These personal issues are brought into school impeding the youngster’s receptiveness to learning factual material. Students have to be sufficiently focused in school for the child to become successful.

This present day reality of unprepared, undisciplined and over indulged children calls for an army of specialists or highly motivated teachers to observe, learn about and create a second home for each individual student. Their diverse students teach these “In Charge” teachers how to be a good teacher. These practitioners of individualized education are change agents more than lecturers of subject matter. The creators of a stable, fair, interesting and warm educational environment encourage students to learn healthier personal mental strategies to help them develop into the best students they can be.

These teachers are effective because they learn directly from actual students in their classroom environment by how they react in real situations.  Parents inform the teachers of what the child enjoys in his free time, which can be helpful as a motivator in school. The psychological games the students play with their parents are usually similar to those they will use in the classroom. It gives the teacher a heads-up as to what to expect from different students. The knowledge of an individual student’s tendencies is crucial to predict what will work in certain situations. The better the teacher is at getting students to focus, master skills and concepts; the greater and stronger the foundation of the student for future learning. Understanding the whole child gives the teacher insights and ideas of various interventions that will work in particular situations. This knowledge of each student makes it possible to develop strong rapport and predictability of the student’s reactions.

Once the student begins to comprehend that he is the potential master of his own future, his effort to improve grows significantly. His maturing, as a student becomes reality as he sees himself joining the adult world rather than remaining in his self-centered world as a perennial adolescent.

As the process of wanting to become an independent learner begins, the student is more open to asking relevant questions in order to do his own work. No longer are the questions asked to fake interest but to get the job done well. He takes on more responsibility rather than avoiding it.

The student asks pertinent questions to do his assignments well. There is no intention to impress the teacher about what he will do; instead it is about doing an excellent job. The student develops pride in the work he completes. He wants to do the best he can.

The student does not need external motivation and direction from others. The student does not work to please his teachers, parents or peers, but to please himself. The student learns skills and knowledge for his own benefit as a person. The student realizes if he asks himself the right questions he will find the way to answer it. He relies on himself for gaining the knowledge he needs, not anyone else. When this happens he becomes an independent learner who believes in his own learning because he wants it not that it is a chore.


Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.












Wednesday, April 12, 2017

GOVERNMENT POWER HAS TO BE CONSTANTLY PRUNED

GOVERNMENT POWER HAS TO BE CONSTANTLY PRUNED
by Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

Government has to be constantly restrained or it will attempt to control every aspect of one’s life. Our founding fathers had first hand experience with Britain’s government becoming less responsive and more exploitive to the needs of the colonies in America. These wise men learned that as government inevitably expands it has to be regularly cut back to restrain the natural stranglehold it would produce on the freedom of the people.

The only way to eliminate government’s heel on the neck of citizens is to cut away the rotten waste in all the many bureaucracies. This pruning back of the ever- overgrowing length of all the tentacles reaching out to choke us into submission has to be regularly done. As soon as a task is done, the process has to begin again or it will become too overwhelming to get these territorial kingdoms dismantled without drastic action, such as a revolution. Thomas Jefferson suggested these shake-ups should occur at twenty-year intervals.  This house cleaning has to be thorough to re-establish the power of the people.

Patriotic citizens need to be vigilant to monitor that government does not overstep its mission dictating to citizens rather than listening and serving their interests. A major problem in evaluating the operation of our government is that much of it is presently being done in secret without the consent and knowledge of the people. There is the elected government under the restrictions of our United States constitution and the nefarious secret one controlled by the embedded bureaucrats. These heads of our federal and state departments of government including our IRS, EPA, Intel and other regulatory agencies have been stacked with like-minded progressive elites who often make contrary decisions negating those of duly elected officials. Many of these bureaucratic chieftains have been in their posts for decades and have amassed incredible power. This reality is called the “deep state.” 

The election of Donald Trump, BREXIT in England, and strong political movements worldwide have shaken up the elite’s plan of a “one world government.”  The progressive media in the US, the deep state and the establishment politicians have hysterically done everything in their power to undermine the people’s movement to regain the levers of power. The blatant lies, rationalizations and fake news have become obvious to an increasing majority. The creative progressive narratives have replaced researching the facts of the alleged incident. The progressive media’s storylines have been unfactual and deceptive. Our negotiations with Iran over delaying their ability to develop a nuclear device turned out to be a farce. The removal of chemical weapons from Syria to Russia has also been shown to be a farce. An anti Islamic video had nothing to do to with inciting the killing of our ambassador and his heroic protectors. The illegal surveillance and leak of political opponents of the Obama administration has come to light. The lack of the enforcement of our laws in sanctuary cities, in our judicial system, in our schools and universities has been shocking.

The repression in the 1984 novel is nothing compared to the number of eyes we currently have watching us. There is reported data on every American citizen. The safeguard preventing this to be used on innocent Americans has been an illusion. The present surveillance by ordinary devices in our homes is mind blowing. The highly maligned J. Edgar Hoover’s notoriety for his secret dossiers on politicians seems benign compared to the 18 sophisticated intelligence agencies gathering information on its own people.

For US citizens to regain their sacred constitutional freedoms, we need to return to the restricting of government by the constitution. Every US representative and judge must pledge his allegiance to the constitution and follow it. Any government workers who are corrupt, non productive or breaking the law should be fired after receiving their due process.

Unionization of government employees gives them too much power and needs to be prohibited as inappropriate like FDR noted in 1937. They are servants to the American people, not petty dictators with unlimited power who have the right to protect themselves from violations of the law. Government employees need to serve the people not their own interest. Any government agency and employee has to be held accountable for deeds, as would any other citizen. Unlimited official power leads to abuse of citizens. Our founders saw this throughout history and restricted government power through the Bill of Rights in our constitution.

Any behavior that is unlawful and undermines the people’s rights and interest should be investigated and prosecuted under the full power of the law. All levels of local, state and federal governments need be periodically cleansed to revitalize it.




Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.


















Tuesday, April 04, 2017

A PARENT WHO DOES NOT STICK TO HIS GUNS BECOMES POWERLESS


A PARENT WHO DOES NOT STICK TO HIS GUNS BECOMES POWERLESS
By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist


Raising a child in the modern world is more and more complex. A toddler quickly accumulates toys, electronic gadgets and whatever else is deemed important by the parents. They are constantly showered with praise for almost any behavior that is not blatantly destructive. Children are led to believe they are smarter and at least as powerful as the parents.

Modern youngsters are not taught to follow commands. Instead they question almost everything and negotiate any directives. These children learn if they persist in their battles with parents they will eventually forget and give up their position so the child wins by default.

A persistent problem that is not resolved in a timely manner requires a discussion between the parents. They need to develop a game plan that both parents have invested in and agreed to. This way each adult can support rather than undermine the strategy. Unity between parents is essential to decisively win the battle.

The parents should sit down with the child and explain to him the negative consequences of continuously disruptive behavior. Immediately following, the child should be told of the positive one if they comply with the parent’s directive. The child should understand that a negative consequence will bring the reduction or elimination of an already existing privilege while the positive will bring a greater privilege or granting of a new one. During this meeting the child should respond without resentment or negative attitude to what is being said.

This process will help the child become more aware of their actions and the parent’s reactions. The child becomes more accountable for his own behavior rather than the parent becoming the controlling meanie or bad guy for arbitrarily imposing a punishment. Using this method, the child can only blame himself for receiving any of the negative consequences.

A devastating and very common mistake that parents make is not following through with either consequence after things settle down. Many modern parents just forget or ignore giving the promised consequences. Most modern parents are happy and satisfied that the child appears to be compliant at that moment and do not want to rile things up again or “rock the boat.” Yet these parents lose their future credibility for discipline.

When the parent’s follow through with their child’s consequences it shows they are serious and purposeful. However, when the parent does not, the child begins to realize his parent’s lengthy lectures are only a lot of hot air. When the parents are inconsistent in keeping their word, the child also begins to disregard what they are saying. The parents are now in a position of weakness. Without appropriate consequences there will be no teeth in the next directive or any sort of consequence for the child’s misbehavior.

The credibility of even the parent’s facial expressions adds power to the discipline of anyone. The use of an intense stare, “the evil eye” by an authority figure on a misbehaving child has been used over centuries to get a youngster’s attention. Almost automatically the child knows that he needs to change his behavior without a word being spoken. The child actually perceives the intensity and strength of character of the person in charge by their body language and does what is indicated.

The parents should be wise enough to understand that if they do not stick to their guns by doing what they say or express by their body language what they will do, their weapon will become powerless and worthless. This only emphasizes that the authority figure is a joke.

When the parents follow through on what they say, the child develops respect for the parent’s words and power. The child realizes that when the parent speaks they better listen carefully and consider the consequences. They know that they will eventually experience the reward or punishment.

When parents do not do what they indicated they would with consequences, they are undermining their power. The child learns there will be no advantage to listening and following what his parents say.


Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.