Dan Quayle Was Right

schools have turned to therapeutic remediation. A growing proportion of many school bud gets is devoted to counseling and other psychological services. The curriculum is becoming more therapeutic: children are taking courses in self-esteem, conflict resolution, and aggression management. Parental advisory groups are conscientiously debating alternative approach es to traditional school discipline, ranging from teacher training in mediation to the introduction of metal detectors and security guards in the schools. Schools are increasingly becoming emergency rooms of the emotions, devoted [...] to repairing hearts. [...] What we are seeing [...] is the psychologization of American education. (p. 79)