Is Our Children Larning?

[Clocker]

I am shocked, shocked to learn that high school history classes are not always fair and balanced.

...beginning in 2020, many Advanced Placement students will be using an American History textbook that suggests President Trump is mentally ill and that depicts him and many of his supporters as racists. The book asserts that “[Trump’s] not very-hidden racism connected with a significant number of primary voters.”

What connected with a significant number of primary voters was Trump’s strong opposition to illegal immigration and his concern over terrorists entering the U.S. The textbook effectively characterizes these concerns as “not very-hidden racism” and those who share them as racists.

The textbook goes further. It says that Hillary Clinton supporters “worried about the mental stability of the president-elect.”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archiv...-stability.php

[Dave Schwartz]

Clocker,

As someone said to me a few months ago, "When we were kids, teachers taught us HOW to think. Now they teach WHAT to think.

Makes a huge difference.

Almost all credibility is gone from journalism, science, and education.

And California.

They've also lost all their credibility.

Case in point:

A couple of nights ago, I was watching news from a Sacramento station. Early on in the show they had a group of teachers complaining about how the classroom sizes were way beyond the limits mandated and, in addition, that the teachers were not being paid fairly.

The response was that there were limited resources and (basically) the teachers were just going to have to suck it up. I do not recall the precise wording but it sounded like "we have to use the resources available judiciously."

Now comes the good part:

One of the last segments was about introducing legislation to convert all the buses in the state to electric, and away from diesel.

Definitely a judicious use of available resources.

[OntheRail]

Trump Derangement Syndrome... at it's worst.

[Tom]

The worst mistake you can male is to trust the government to teach your children.

Hitler youth deja vu.

This is the dems back door to fundamentally changing our country.

And look at colleges - all this concern over forgiving student loans - that tells me those graduating are not smart enough to get a job.

Why are costs so high?
In this day and age, there is no need for a building or a text book. College should be at it's all time lowest cost.
As it is, only the graduates are at an all time low.

Liberal arts = I can't do anything constructive so I read and whine a lot.

[PaceAdvantage]

Ely approves.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

Ely approves.

I have no comments in this thread.

[woodtoo]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

I have no comments in this thread.

What!!!You no nothing about larning?

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

What!!!You no nothing about larning?

Mission Accomplished Mike...

[woodtoo]

Did you win the internet et?

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

Did you win the internet et?

Undefeated.

[HalvOnHorseracing]

Originally Posted by Clocker

I am shocked, shocked to learn that high school history classes are not always fair and balanced. [/URL]

Frankly, I think the author(s) of “By the People: A History of the United States.” hit the nail right on the head. There are a lot of people who think Trump fits the description in that book, like it or not.

When the author of the blog wrote, "Advanced Placement students are going to be taught that President Trump is mentally insane and his supporters are a bunch of irredeemable deplorables. Such descriptions would be laughable, but this garbage is being shoved into the minds of impressionable American teenagers," he was using the playbook of the conservatives - take a true statement and turn it into "they want to destroy America." That is not what the authors of the textbook said. And I'm sure they did more than mumble a few things about Hillary.

Sam Brownback tried to create conservative utopia in Kansas. He was part of a long history of politicians who believed they could cut taxes, especially for the rich and large corporations (can you think of any large corporation that headquarters in Kansas?) and at the same time spend more money on his priorities. I can't wait for the history book that covers this debacle. It's really easy to cut taxes, but if it doesn't work out, raising taxes is rarely successful.

Frankly, I have no tolerance for the cuckoos on either side. That includes Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo. But the sensible people won't run for president. That's how we know they're sensible.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing

Frankly, I think the author(s) of “By the People: A History of the United States.” hit the nail right on the head. There are a lot of people who think Trump fits the description in that book, like it or not.

That's true, a lot of people did think that. But a history book for high school students is not an appropriate setting to bring it up in passing. It belongs in an in-depth analysis of the election or in a clearly labelled opinion piece

And I'm sure they did more than mumble a few things about Hillary.

Based on what?

[Clocker]

From the National Review, an in-depth analysis of the author of the history "text" in question. This is a man whose "...academic writings of the 1990s regularly invoke leading socialist thinkers of the day, while attacking capitalism and private property. Fraser was positively hostile to the center-left presidency of Bill Clinton, and praised only the most leftward Democrats, like Maxine Waters and Barney Frank."

https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...oubling-trend/

[barahona44]

Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing

Sam Brownback tried to create conservative utopia in Kansas. He was part of a long history of politicians who believed they could cut taxes, especially for the rich and large corporations (can you think of any large corporation that headquarters in Kansas?) and at the same time spend more money on his priorities. I can't wait for the history book that covers this debacle. It's really easy to cut taxes, but if it doesn't work out, raising taxes is rarely successful.

Koch Industries (Wichita).As in the Koch Brothers.

[Tom]

Frankly, I think the author(s) of “By the People: A History of the United States.” hit the nail right on the head. There are a lot of people who think Trump fits the description in that book, like it or not.

And now you are OK with education taking a back seat to personal opinions?

How about the many people who thought obama was a disgrace - should we be teaching that in school, too?

That was EXACTLY the basis for the Hitler Youth.

Facts be damned, it's the Fuhrer, man!