Hundreds Of Colorado Students Protest History Curriculum Changes That Would Promote Patriotism

Fox News ^ | 9-24-2014 | AP

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September 24, 2014
Associated Press

ARVADA, Colo. – Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, in a show of civil disobedience that the new standards would aim to downplay.

The youth protest in the state's second-largest school district follows a sick-out from teachers that shut down two high schools in the politically and economically diverse area that has become a key political battleground. Student participants said their demonstration was organized by word of mouth and social media. Many waved American flags and carried signs, including messages that read "There is nothing more patriotic than protest."

"I don't think my education should be censored. We should be able to know what happened in our past," said Tori Leu, a 17-year-old student who protested at Ralston Valley High School in Arvada.

The school board proposal that triggered the walkouts in Jefferson County calls of instructional materials that present positive aspects of the nation and its heritage. It would establish a committee to regularly review texts and course plans, starting with Advanced Placement history, to make sure materials "promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights" and don't "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strike or disregard of the law."

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[tacticalogic]

Somebody should ask the students exactly what it is their protesting against. When they can’t answer, tell them to think about how they ended up at this protest and how they feel about having been programmed to protest on demand without even understanding what it is they’re protesting.

[dfwgator]

Rebels without a clue.

[Salvation]

Teachers and students need to get a grip with reality. The reality that they live in a country with a Constitution and relative freedom.

I pray the school board keeps the curriculum.

[tacticalogic]

Rebels without a clue.

The first clue they need is to be made to realize they're being manipulated. They're going to hate that idea.

[Salvation]

What about the teachers that walked out at two high schools?

Fire them and get new teachers — my suggestion.

[minnesota_bound]

Fire the teachers and the pricipal who put them up to it.

[Whenifhow]

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This group of students were protesting against the changes in AP History curriculum and censorship.

1:40 Minutes
Colorado High School Students Organize Walkout to Protest History Curriculum Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfXvaxx7lM0

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[hemogoblin]

Dollars to donuts says that one or two “cool” teachers were behind this.

Bingo ... nothing is easier than persuading a student to skip class.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Dude... Chill out and take a hit...

[TBP]

Huh?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

1 Timothy 4:1
Jude 1:18
2 Timothy 3:1-9
2 Peter 2:1-10

Fools going to their folly

[stocksthatgoup]

Extra credit for protesting?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I think the best response of this school board should be to bring in decorated veterans to teach history and patriotism. And they should gender segregate, with male veterans teaching the boys and female veterans teaching the girls.

Set aside one day each month so that every student in a mandatory class will get a presentation.

And to make it better, a number of these veterans should be disabled veterans, to make their commitment to patriotism crystal clear.

Ideally, there should be teams, with a veteran officer and a veteran NCO, referring to themselves by their active duty rank, so the students can see what that relationship is like.

This would convey all sorts of ideas to students. First of all, these are adults worthy of respect, and this is how such adults behave. Most students have never seen anything like that.

Second, they give information like the students are smart adults themselves, so if they don’t pay attention, they will miss out. There will be no testing of this information, so no need for notes. But the information they give may be the students only shot at ever hearing it.

There are so many other things that veterans can impart that it’s hard to name them. But it would result in a major attitude adjustment for these students.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Superintendent Dan McMinimee has met with some of the students.....