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Why ... Do The Myths Of America The Hateful Take Such Powerful Hold? Because Anti-americanism Provides A Useful Emotional Function Which Goes Beyond Logic And Reaches Deep Into The Darker Recesses Of The European Soul. In Centuries Past Those On The Left Who Wished To Personalise Their Hatred Of Capitalism, Who Sought To Make It Emotionally Resonant By Fastening An Envious Political Passion On To A Blameless Scapegoat People, Embraced Anti-semitism. It Was The Socialism Of Fools. Which Is What Anti-americanism Is Now.

Proper History Teaching Is Being Crushed Under The Weight Of Play-based Pedagogy Which Infantilises Children, Teachers And Our Culture.

When I Talk To Teachers They Tell Me The Things They'd Most Like From Any Government Are A Reduction In Bureaucracy, Support To Help Ensure Good Discipline And A Reformed Ofsted.

It Is Literally The Case That Learning Languages Makes You Smarter. The Neural Networks In The Brain Strengthen As A Result Of Language Learning.

Learning A Foreign Language, And The Culture That Goes With It, Is One Of The Most Useful Things We Can Do To Broaden The Empathy And Imaginative Sympathy And Cultural Outlook Of Children.