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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Greenmantle: Yes. I think there should be one national standard for education. If you're living in the US there are some things you need to know regardless of what state or economic background you come from.
Zendervai: I don't think being a private school gives you the right to misinform children. I don't particularly like the idea of private schools anyway.
edited 12th Mar '13 9:52:56 AM by Kostya
I knew public education was bad in many ways but maybe I just got lucky. My school taught about the Japanese Interment Camps, the Invasion of Russia, the segregated army, and even mentioned America's late arrival into the war, (though unlike the other three examples this was not emphasized much).
There is not a standard already?
edited 12th Mar '13 9:58:33 AM by Wildcard
There's a difference between "Let's bash America" and "Maybe we shouldn't have textbooks that act like humans and dinosaurs were around at the same time or look at the Ku Klux Klan through rose colored glasses". I'm not saying every school in America is terrible, I'm just shocked at this specific case.
And yes, the KKK thought of themselves as a force for reform. My issue isn't that that's inaccurate, it's just that it's not helpful if you want to understand the kind of people that comprised the group. It's important to explain how groups like the Klan, Nazis, etc. saw themselves in order to fully understand their way of thinking, but it's pointless if you don't accompany that with information about the real world consequences of their beliefs. It's certainly possible that they actually did go more in depth than that, but the talk about dragons kinda makes me... well, skeptical.
edited 12th Mar '13 10:40:15 AM by HilarityEnsues
Also, its pretty damn difficult to cover the Cold War meaningfully in a grade school history class. You can have 4-8 month university courses focused on a single aspect of the Cold War and still not have enough space to do everything.
Changing subjects, Laura Bush says what everyone knows, but will the GOP/Tea Party care or listen?
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Probably not, they seem quite obsessed with dragging themselves down deeper.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.![]()
I'm sorry, I just want to take a moment to laugh at the fact that a state of 38 million people was run by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Cracks me up every time.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Looked pretty funny from Glasgow
Still Britain's no better - we elected a reality TV star. Look at this twat.
edited 12th Mar '13 1:26:43 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiRemind me, which state elected former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura to the governor's office?
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.

Okay, before this "Let's Bash America" train gets too far out of the station.....
Yes, the American public education system leaves much to be desired. No question there.
I'm a hardcore Eaglelander and I was quite aware the US didn't enter WWII until, what, halfway into the war. I was well-aware it was the Dunkirk evacuation and the subsequent Determinator status of the Brits along with the Wermachts failed attempt at invading Russia (I mean, if Napoleon couldn't pull it off, what made them think they could?) that contributed heavily to the Axis defeat.
The truth is there are some highly-educated kids in American schools, both public and private.
So yes, there are schools out there that do teach all these things. We just need more of them.
It was an honor