The Abolition of Man

I found this chapter confusing. I wasn't familiar with many of his references- so the email with notes was very helpful. In "The Abolition of Man" Lewis critiques the new educational method for high schoolers. In a new textbook, two authors dismiss emotion in learning. They basically claim that we don't mean what we say. If I say, "You are calm," I'm not really talking about you, I'm really talking about my own feelings- "I am calm." Then they try to separate emotion from learning. Mind over feelings. The two must be divorced. This philosophy can lead to dangerous places- if what we say has no meaning, if we employ reason only and deny emotion- why do we have morals? Lewis cites moral law from many ancient religions. Reason and feeling cannot be separated from each other. A man may know everything in his mind, but if he doesn't know it in his mind- what good is it?
I see this trend in schooling. We don't talk much about how we react mentally and emotionally to what we read, see, and learn in the classroom. We learn the facts. We try to learn objectively- but can learning ever really be objective? Since education has taken this extreme- pop culture and entertainment seem to have taken the other extreme. The emphasis is on feelings. If feelings are completely irrational- then we can follow them fully without thinking. It's the only option. Mind or body. Neither extreme is healthy.
Lewis argues that we need a balance of reason and emotion, that the two are intertwined. When talking about our denial of heart, of emotion, Lewis states, "In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. "
Really our separation of heart and mind, of feeling and reason is completely irrational.