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==Deconstruction in Practice==

==Deconstruction in Practice==

In an [[essay]] entitled "The Death of the Author",<ref>Roland Barthes, ''The Death of the Author'', (Aspen 1968)</ref> Roland Barthes argued that the origin of a text is unimportant, and that only the interpretation of the [[reader]] matters. He declared that this personal interpretation frees the text from the [[tyranny]] of the intended [[meaning]] given it by the [[author]]. No matter what a writer writes, or what they mean to say through their writing, their words will never have a universal meaning, and will be understood in a thousand different ways by the readers.

In an [[essay]] entitled "The Death of the Author",<ref>Roland Barthes, ''The Death of the Author'', (Aspen 1968)</ref> Roland Barthes argued that the origin of a text is unimportant, and that only the interpretation of the [[reader]] matters. He declared that this personal interpretation frees the text from the [[tyranny]] of the intended meaning given it by the [[author]]. No matter what a writer writes, or what they mean to say through their writing, their words will never have a universal meaning, and will be understood in a thousand different ways by the readers.

Deconstructionistic thinking has crept stealthily into [[America]]n [[public school]]s. From [[elementary school]], [[children]] are encouraged to share "What this story mean to me", rather than searching for the meaning the author intended when he wrote the text. This dangerously teaches children to believe that they can create their own meaning for a text, and even their own version of reality and truth. This [[relativism|relativistic]] view of meaning has invaded public school classrooms, purporting to encourage "love of literature", while indoctrinating students with postmodernistic ideas.<ref>Walter Russell, ''Playing With Fire'' www.boundless.org/features</ref>

Deconstructionistic thinking has crept stealthily into [[America]]n [[public school]]s. From [[elementary school]], [[children]] are encouraged to share "What this story mean to me", rather than searching for the meaning the author intended when he wrote the text. This dangerously teaches children to believe that they can create their own meaning for a text, and even their own version of reality and truth. This [[relativism|relativistic]] view of meaning has invaded public school classrooms, purporting to encourage "love of literature", while indoctrinating students with postmodernistic ideas.<ref>Walter Russell, ''Playing With Fire'' www.boundless.org/features</ref>