Chameleon Magazine

 🧠📉A chain of schools has decided to skip the part where students learn how to think—and jump straight to telling them what to think. Because who needs nuance when you’ve got PowerPoint?

🏫 From Education to Indoctrination: Welcome to the Thought Factory

At Orion Education academies, the lesson plan reads like it was pulled from a student union protest banner. Reform UK, a legitimate political party with growing national support, was shoved to the far-right corner of a political spectrum diagram—neatly wedged between fascism and the BNP.

No context. No debate. Just a tidy little slide show that says:

“Here’s a face. Here’s fascism. You do the math.”

To top it off, Richard Tice—Reform’s deputy leader—was plastered on a slide under the ominous title: “How can political views lead to extremism?” Because nothing screams “open inquiry” like lumping an elected politician in with history’s greatest villains before the bell rings for lunch.

These aren’t just lessons—they’re ideological flashcards, pre-packaged and classroom-approved. Forget about exploring how different policies affect people. No need to question authority or weigh ideas. The message is clear: You’re not here to think. You’re here to absorb.

And let’s be clear: this isn’t about defending any one political party. It’s about educational overreach. Schools should not be activist camps with whiteboards. They should be cultivating critical thought, not curating acceptable opinions.

What’s next? Labelling anyone right of Greta Thunberg as “pre-fascist”? Will maths classes include a side unit on “redistributive algebra”?

Kids shouldn’t be leaving school with a degree in pre-approved ideology. They should be walking out the doors with tools to dismantle all of it—including the stuff we agree with.

Because when you teach kids what to think, you create voters. But when you teach them how to think, you create citizens.

🧨 Challenges 🧨

Is this education or indoctrination? Should teachers be labelling political opponents as extremists while hiding behind lesson plans? If you’ve got thoughts, snark, or full-blown fury—let’s hear it.

👇 Drop a comment, share your take, tag a teacher who still believes in free thought.

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