John Dewey, the father of American Progressive Education, the leading educator from 1924 to 1974, signer of the Humanist Manifesto, 1933; and teacher of Rockefeller Brothers; of whom is claimed by a major poll of educators, “No individual has influenced the thinking of American educators more.”

“Every child entering school at the age of 5 is mentally ill, because he comes to school with certain allegiances to our founding fathers, toward our elected officials, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being and toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity. It’s up to you as teachers to make all these sick children well by creating the international child of the future.”

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Humanist Manifesto

http://www.americanhumanist.org/who_we_are/about_humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_I

So stand the theses of religious humanism. Though we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer adequate, the quest for the good life is still the central task for mankind. Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is responsible for the realization of the world of his dreams, that he has within himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence and will to the task.

Talk about creating Islands!