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October 18, 2004
She blinded me with science...
The US Department of Education, at the behest of Lynne Cheney, has destroyed more than 300,000 copies of a booklet designed to help parents and children learn more about America's past:
Cheney objected to the booklet's reference to the National Standards for History, guidelines for teaching history in secondary schools that were developed at the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1990s and that suggest that American history should be taught with an eye not only to America's successes but to its struggles and dark moments as well.
Good grief.
Are we destined to repeat the bad things we've done over the course of our history because the ignoramus wife of the Vice President thinks our children shouldn't learn about them? Why do they insist on constantly blowing sunshine up our skirts?
The United States is a great nation. One of the reasons we've been great is that we've studied our history and the history of other nations. We've paid attention to the mistakes made by others and by ourselves (at least some of us have) and worked to not repeat those same mistakes.
The arrogance and ignorance is palpable in this decision. My children attend public school. Is it now my responsibility to teach them the woes of McCarthyism and the Klan because Mrs Cheney thinks a strong focus on the negative is bad? Are our children only to know and understand the good things in our nation's history..destined to repeat the bad out of ignorance?
These people exasperate the hell out of me.
Posted by Carla at October 18, 2004 03:51 PM
