Stay In School

Now that we’ve spent the last week learning about the indoctrinational (probably not a word) nature of a stay-in-school address, I hope these lessons can be applied to other things kids might see on TV screens. Like Schoolhouse Rock. Or this propaganda message. You may think it’s innocent enough, but it tells kids that “Mr. T don’t lie,” setting them up to believe anything he tells them, and it also creates a cult of personality by encouraging them to “be cool just like me.”