The Children's Story
Reminds me of a story long ago:
From Wiki:
The Children's Story is a short story written by James Clavell in 1963 and published in 1981.
"While a very short and simple story, it touches on many important concepts, such as freedom, religion, patriotism, etc. It is similar in nature to George Orwell's 1984 in its treatment of propaganda, control, and inter-generational warfare.
Clavell was inspired to write this story after a talk with his six-year-old daughter just home from school. His daughter Michaela was explaining how she had learned the Pledge of Allegiance, and he was struck by the thought that, though she had memorized the pledge, she had no idea what many of the words meant. The power to use language as a weapon, as it is done  all too effectively  in the classroom of Clavell's story admonishes us to always make sure young minds truly understand what a word really means."
The story itself is very interesting.
If you wish to read it : http://home.comcast....efler/clavell.htm
