Based on this article it is worryingly political
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 15/03/2010 11:46:53 AM
They also replaced the word “capitalism” throughout their texts with the “free-enterprise system.”
Cynthia Dunbar, a lawyer from Richmond who is a strict constitutionalist and thinks the nation was founded on Christian beliefs, managed to cut Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century, replacing him with St. Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and William Blackstone.
Cynthia Dunbar, a lawyer from Richmond who is a strict constitutionalist and thinks the nation was founded on Christian beliefs, managed to cut Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century, replacing him with St. Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and William Blackstone.
Both of those moves come across as about very much about politics based moves, not education. It doesn't reflect well on how other changes are likely to be put in (though others, on the face of it, seem reasonable enough)
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Texas Approves Curriculum Revised by Conservatives
- 13/03/2010 12:02:15 AM
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"Impartial Historical Account" is an oxymoron
- 13/03/2010 12:21:20 AM
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So is "a sinless life," but that doesn't justify murder. *NM*
- 14/03/2010 12:22:16 AM
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Strange choice of analogies...
- 14/03/2010 12:17:03 PM
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I could be wrong, but I think his point was simply...
- 14/03/2010 03:53:23 PM
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I think it was that it just seems too out of place
- 14/03/2010 04:14:55 PM
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I dunno, you didn't elaborate much on your oxymoron statement.
- 14/03/2010 04:29:04 PM
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It didn't really seem something that needed elaborating 
- 14/03/2010 05:20:33 PM
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- 14/03/2010 05:20:33 PM
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It's about time.
- 13/03/2010 01:17:25 AM
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Don't forget interned German-Americans in BOTH world wars. *NM*
- 13/03/2010 02:47:25 AM
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- 13/03/2010 02:47:25 AM
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Oh I haven't, but being Italian myself it's an issue close to my heart. *NM*
- 13/03/2010 04:41:19 AM
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Yes, because this article is all about presenting the truth in an unbiased manner *NM*
- 13/03/2010 11:02:20 AM
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I'm assuming Art. 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli 1797 is banned from Texan history lessons, then?
- 13/03/2010 12:26:41 PM
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And, along similar lines, both Article VII of the US Constitution and Missouri v. Holland. *NM*
- 14/03/2010 12:26:10 AM
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I would assume the Treaty of Tripoli 1797 would outside of the scope of a Texas history lesson
- 16/03/2010 07:54:53 PM
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Do the states just teach their own history, as opposed to that of what-was-then-the-USA? *NM*
- 16/03/2010 11:57:06 PM
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They teach both...at least at the college level. U.S. history and Texas History were requirements.. *NM*
- 17/03/2010 05:38:46 AM
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Texas history or Texas government?
- 18/03/2010 06:53:15 PM
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Good question....I don't remember if it was history or govt to be honest. *NM*
- 18/03/2010 07:59:10 PM
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When does revisionist history descend to the level of mere hypocrisy? I weep for my country.
- 15/03/2010 04:16:25 AM
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calling Zavala a city is a bit of a stretch don't you think?
- 15/03/2010 05:39:03 PM
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Seguin's a city, or at least town; Zavala is a county.
- 15/03/2010 09:00:54 PM
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Zavalla is a town as well and city is a bit of stretch for Seguin
- 15/03/2010 10:23:41 PM
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Fair enough, just trying to make clear I was speaking about municipality and county, respectively.
- 29/03/2010 03:49:30 PM
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See the problem is the argument is total BS
- 29/03/2010 05:27:53 PM
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Don't you guys essentially list all of the handful guys who fought at the Alamo already, anyway? *NM*
- 29/03/2010 08:55:34 PM
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There was 190 or so people there so no they are not all in the textbook
- 31/03/2010 05:31:41 PM
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Based on this article it is worryingly political
- 15/03/2010 11:46:53 AM
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Do you have any examples of where they are not teaching the truth?
- 15/03/2010 05:42:27 PM
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I think it is what they are leaving out that is worrisome.
- 15/03/2010 06:58:38 PM
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I don't see anything sayting they are leaving that out
- 15/03/2010 08:26:50 PM
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We were talking about this last night
- 15/03/2010 11:38:02 PM
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Still not sure I see a problem
- 16/03/2010 04:58:50 PM
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This thread is indeed making me wonder how textbooks are used in the US...
- 16/03/2010 05:05:13 PM
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