Jonas Alexis talks about his new book.
Posted on June 6, 2007
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After several published reports by the Department of Education on the decline of education, Jonas E. Alexis felt compelled to do a little detective work of his own and discover what has caused the political, social, moral, educational, and spiritual malaise of our time. The book includes discussions on everything from slavery and Darwinism to world depopulation and the effect of rock music culture on a dwindling moral base, as well as solutions to the educational crisis.
“Why is education in crisis?” queries Alexis. “Because we concerned individuals are letting weird–and detrimental–ideologies infiltrate our schools.” He quotes classicists Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath in their book, Who Killed Homer? “‘And why did we do it? For our own very short-term gain, for a few paltry offices and titles, some small sense of self-importance, the pathetic smugness of belonging to the latest esoteric sect, a bit of money–all the usual companions of sloth, greed, and arrogance.’”
In the Name of Education seeks to answer questions that have plagued concerned individuals for decades. Armed with a bevy of historical facts, Alexis takes on the challenge of addressing the problematic situations in education today–including a discussion of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, a book that has sold more than forty million copies
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