The reasons that support my stance are as follows. ... I will now draw upon Michael Apple as a critical theorist and Lisa Delpit, a "multiculturalist,"" to help support my stance. ... " becoming more critically literate ourselves about the economy, about cultural conflicts, and about the role of the state- (Apple, 104). ... Being a critical theorist, I believe Apple feels that students should be aware of the unjustly equal power distribution and relations in society. ... By having a national curriculum, the government is just taking away every last bit of creativity and critical analysi...