One aspect not emphasized in the article is also worth thinking about: TEACHERS.

Myself, I am pro-teacher. I was very fortunate to have attended a superb public high school where the teachers did a great job of teaching the basic disciplines of math and science and English and French and Social Studies.

I think they were balanced and fair, those teachers. You could express an unpopular idea in class and the teacher would not shut you down, they would use the comment for further discussion. Once, when a politician was shot, one kid said he deserved it for having such cruel, right-wing policies that hurt the poor. The teacher did not shut the kid down, instead the teacher asked if it is not also cruel to wish somebody dead by gunshot. A mini-debate ensued.

In 2017 I fear there are too many activist teachers who, frankly, I do not TRUST with the material described in Wente's column. I doubt the social justice warriors among them will facilitate anything except indoctrination...