I was most interested in the section discussing education while reading Mein Kampf this week. The critical nature of Hitler’s writing that we had discussed was definitely seen through this section. Hitler’s remark about the lacking of their educational system and what he believed would improve it shocked me as well. He spoke of picking important German figures and basically teaching about them to get the people of Germany to have the same opinion on these people. He figured that if all of the attention were on these specific political figures, the mood of Germany would be unified therefore making them stronger. “Comfortable dynastic patriotism seemed more agreeable and easier to bear than the clamoring passion of higher national pride.” (424) This statement should not have come as a shock to me, although I have to admit it did. Knowing Hitler’s future plans and operations, it is obvious he goes for one specific type taking over and being in charge. Because of his strict upbringing he likes to see conformity and unity, as much as he may have tried to go against it when he was younger. The fact that he blames these educational “issues” as being part of the cause of the war shows more of his critical attitude and even immaturity. He explains that had people wanted to die for their “noble lords” (425) the war could have had a different outcome, which seems crazy considering how surprised the German people were when they found out they had actually lost the war. It seems to me that they had a lot of faith in their governing forces.