Occupy Movement Targets America's Youth  In my conversations
with young people in and around New York City, I have discovered
that many have already embraced the Occupy movement--though,
ironically, it seeks to devour their creative potential, their
innate love of freedom, and their ability to reach great heights
by virtue of nothing but their own personal hunger for success.
It is imperative that we work actively to set the Occupy record
straight.  Having recently interviewed Stephen K. Bannon about
his upcoming film, Occupy Unmasked, I found myself somewhat
immersed in the literature of the Occupy movement.  Years of
working in education—as a teacher, Dean, and Student
Adviser—instilled in me a heightened interest in academia, and I
couldn't help but be drawn to a column titled "Step 1: Occupy
Universities Step 2: Transform Them" in the December 2011 issue
of Tidal: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy. In that column, Conor
Tomás Reed defines what the Occupy movement sees wrong with
America's educational system: