In this reading from the book RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society, we discuss Narcissism: Narcissism Defined, Narcissism and Evolution, Maturation and Narcissism, How Empires Used Narcissism, Narcissism as a Structure of Control, and Flying Monkeys (enablers) and Scapegoats (victims).

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In this reading from the book RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society, we discuss school reform and the purpose of education as well as psychological development in schools.

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In this reading from the book RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society, we discuss current reform trends, systemic understanding, authoritarian structures in school reform, the school to prison pipeline, and authoritarian behavior observed.

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In this reading from the book RootEd: How Trauma Impacts Learning and Society, we discuss the general problem, contemporary education, and school reform history.

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In this reading, we learn about the landscape impacting our society and how parenting and educational patterns impact the development of society. 

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In this reading, listeners will find out the reason why this research began and how important it is for the educational system and parents to learn more about how they are impacting those in their care.

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This is the last segment of Chapter 11: Behavioral Conditioning for Schools and Capitalism. This was kept as a separate reading in order to separate the realities of how we got here and the current reality for the student. Learn more here.

This is the first 3 segments of chapter 11 in which I read to you "Behavioral Conditioning for Schools" and its history, "Behavioral Control Takes Precedence Over Learning," and "Behavioral Conditioning for Capitalism." The rest of the chapter covers "Student Resistance," which we will not here in this reading. Learn more here.

References for Chapter 11 reading

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Pavlov, I.P. (1926). Conditioned reflexes and psychiatry: Lectures on conditional reflexes, Vol. 2. Read Books Limited (2013).

Spinoza, B. (1669). Tractate Religico Politicu. Translated by Jonathan Bennett (2017). https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/spinoza1669.pdf

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Wills, M. (2017). When forced sterilization was legal in the U.S.. JSTOR Daily. Https://daily.jstor.org/when-forced-sterilization-was-legal-in-the-u-s/