This week I’m unveiling a five-part “back-to-school” essay about the alarming condition of the American educational system, with a new installment each day.
Here are links to all five parts:
Part I: Ideological War Spells Doom for America’s Schoolkids
Part II: What’s the Matter with Texas?
Part III: Indoctrination Nation
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11389AD on Sep 2, 2010 at 4:13 am:
Aussie Muslims and Curriculum Corruption
The same thing is happening all over.
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2Ringo the Gringo on Sep 2, 2010 at 8:20 am:
Thanks for writing this badly needed essay, zombie.
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3Hulk on Sep 2, 2010 at 9:53 am:
Great essay so far. I have spent some time substitute teaching and its annoying how many times I have heard students say”Communism was a good idea but they never did it right”. They are not getting a quality United States History education. I am not much older than they are and I know my History education was lacking. I had to learn most of my History on my own but I can remember getting a few lectures on Martin Luther King JR. by my social studies teacher(she was black). World War 2 history was barley a small chapter in my United States History textbook. I was completely unprepared for writing college essays when I started college. I didn’t have to write many personal narratives in college but high school English classes didn’t focus on writing. We focused on reading books like the Great Gatsby and interpreting the characters. Something needs to be done, education should provide meaningful learning experiences that will serve you through out life.
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4Alex on Sep 2, 2010 at 12:23 pm:
Texas’ influence on the education textbook industry is based on the fact that Texas State Board of Education decides on the textbooks to be used in ALL public schools in the state of Texas.
Other states often allow local boards (or even teachers) to decide what textbooks they’ll use.
You can see how the textbook industry would be influenced by a large state buying books as a state.
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5Tuan Jim on Sep 2, 2010 at 5:55 pm:
Regarding your comments about MSG Benavidez - he was one of the first MoH awardees I learned about in detail back in Army training (being that he was an MI soldier) - always been impressed by his citation overall - the massive number of wounds, the repeated movements, (not to mention the destruction of classified material under fire) - different though it is from York’s (in the same way that his is different than Michael P. Murphy’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Murphy) and Paul Ray Smith’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ray_Smith) - the likelihood of a similar battle to the Marne or D-Day happening in this day and age is unlikely and the awards have been necessarily adjusted over the years to compensate.
Certainly battles in 2004 in Ramadi or Kabul don’t have the same flavor as ones on Guadalcanal or Ypres, but that shouldn’t take away from the endless sacrifices on display every day (I did read your other comments - don’t worry).
Not to mention that we’re now in an age where every single aspect of every mission is scrutinized to the nth degree. Compare any recent citation to some of the older reports (even York’s is shamefully short) - look at some of the citations from WWI, WWII, etc - many are incredibly brief - and not necessarily the kind of thing that would hold up in today’s politically partisan congress.
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I only just noticed that Buzzsawmonkey did the illustration. Great job, Buzzsaw!
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7Larry on Sep 4, 2010 at 8:45 am:
I could only get through a part of your Texas segment and had to stop because of the unsubstantiated, unmitigated secular bias. Read the first amendment. Read about the founding fathers. Think for yourself. The Supreme Court’s self-appointed, unconstitutional power of judicial review has no relevance to the Constitution whatsoever. Read what Jefferson thought of the Supremes. I love your website as it shows the complete lunacy and hypocrisy of the left, but you are way off base here. Try this just to get you started and check out the founding documents and writings of the era for yourself. You’ll notice there is little evidence presented when some suggest the ludicrous idea that this nation was not founded on Judeo-Christian values and that Christianity was key to its success. The good news is, in a true Christian nation, you have to choice to reject the truth, though it is at a tremendous risk.
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8zombie on Sep 5, 2010 at 11:35 am:
What risk would that be?
I highly recommend that you keep reading the other installments for a more complete picture of my outlook.
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