This excerpt is from Neals News......
There is a history teacher in a government school in Nevada who is risking his job by teaching his classes about the American Revolution. Yup. You heard me right. It's happening in Carson City, Nevada, and in schools across the country. Joe Enge teaches 11th graders history in the Carson City government schools. His custom is to begin with the birth of our Nation and to finish with Watergate. Now the people who run his school want his course syllabus to change. He has now been instructed to begin his history lessons with post-Civil War reconstruction. He is not to teach anything about Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Dolly Madison, Paul Revere, The Revolutionary War or the debate leading up to the ratification of our Constitution. The school principal excuses this absurd requirement by saying that other schools are doing the same thing. Well, he's right. According the the Fox News Channel report I saw last night, many schools around the country have dropped any requirement for American history completely! Others, like the school in Carson City, are just focusing on our 20th Century history, completely ignoring what came before.
Could there be an ulterior motive here? The post-Civil War history of this country is a history of growing federal government, the weakening of state governments, increased personal dependence on government, the end of the rule of law brought about by the emphasis on majority rule, and the deification of politicians. Perhaps there is a reason government schools don't want to emphasize the self-reliance and love of freedom that dominated American culture before the Civil War. No sense upsetting the government-owned apple cart, right?
Always remember the central lesson your children will be taught at all state educational institutions. Government is good. Government is great. All rise up in praise of government.
Posted by Eric Von Zipper at November 30, 2005 08:54 AM | TrackBackYou gotta go one day to the libary and get the book "Child Abuse In The Classroom".Its an Excerpt of the official transcipt of preceedings before the US Department of Education.Granted a bit older but yet,you'll find whats happening in schools.Its not about beatings,as the term "abuse" would suggest but about whats beeing tough in public schools,against knowledge of parents.You'll find everything from invasion of privacy in family lifes to teachings of socialism and brain washing,as well as teaching children to dis-obey their parents and redirecting their thinking to that only what school a/k government say is right or wrong.Very interesting scripture.Made my eyes open and tool the last doubt away I had about homeschooling.In short terms:as much as I am a dumb-ass in educating my kids,I rather have stupid,ignorant children then to hand them over to the governemnt day after day and have their minds and thinking corrupted by teachings of the cookie cutter generation.As well as letting them forget about some morals and values that have become an issure in society since schools do not teach children thos.Hell,they even tell them to call fucking 911 if you as much as yell at them!
But you know......as long as people keep thinking that there is nothing wrong with it,nothing will change and will only get worse and worse.Even private schools start to SUCK these days!
Once again I blame the people of this country for not standing up and doing something about it. Vote they do but most for the wrong reasions. And so it goes.
FUCK POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
Posted by: sompopo at November 30, 2005 07:54 PMI find that voting in this country is nothing more than a big cometition of whom can provide the best oral sex a/k whom can talk best but do shit.But that may be no different in other countries.But it is disturbing.
Posted by: The Brat at November 30, 2005 07:59 PMWho to vote for is a big problem because most will say anything to get elected. So you believe them and vote for them only to find out they have no balls to stand up for what's right. Who do you believe? Its all about power and bigger government and to take anything away from that most will not do. Common sense, just plain common sense would take care of alot of the bullshit, but I guess common sense would offend somebody so why have it? I would give anything to get in face of someone like John Kerry and just rip him a new asshole with my opinions. I for one will not bow down to political correctness or any other form of socialism. Its out of hand and the future is not bright but we must keep the candle lit in hopes that most people will see through the darkness. :)
Posted by: sompopo at November 30, 2005 08:54 PM