Chavez watch continues--next stop--school.

The New York Times reported this week that Chavez, president of Venezuela and self-appointed head of socialism in Latin America is making his next move--one that seems designed to add to the longevity of his socialist evolution or revolution or cult of personality or what have you. His brother, Secretary Chavez, head of the Education Ministry, is rolling out a new curriculum that all schools in the country must adopt. Inspections will take place to insure compliance. New textbooks are in production. El presidente claims that he is not indoctrinating, but rather teaching cooperative principals and critical thinking.
Needless to say many parents of private school students are not pleased with the plan. Especially since Chavez has announced that any private school not complying with the new directives will be taken over by the State. According to Brazil's O Globo, Chavez thinks that the private schools, which cater to Venezuela's middle and upper class students have helped to destroy the values of the society and have been themselves indoctrinating the nation's youth with capitalist principals for decades.
Needless to say, the exact contents of this curriculum would be incredibly interesting to peruse and consider. Not having been educated in Venezuela myself--in a public or private setting, I have no first hand experience with the current "capitalist" model to make a fair comparison. President Chavez, however, is a product of this model.and he seems to have escaped the capitalist brain washers.Interesting....