Even in the ‘70s at what was considered a good suburban public school, the level of education in US history was rather poor. I tried to read and study up a lot more on my own, out of interest and also out of a sense that citizens ought to know a lot more than what was being offered in my high school.
With all the rabid liberalism and political correctness since then, I’d guess that few students learn even what was typical in my high school of that era. Yet, even then it was a rather weak coverage of the founders and the whole revolutionary period.
“With all the rabid liberalism and political correctness since then, I’d guess that few students learn even what was typical in my high school of that era. “
This is the biggest danger to our Republic now. How can we have a good government elected by an ill-informed citizenry?
My high school years were in the 70s, and we only had the basic studies even in what was considered one of the better school systems in Florida. The available biographies were of the most simplistic type in the school library, but they still gave one an idea of the people who started America. That was my self-study, because I was never very good at learning dates.
I was wondering how these men were educated. It’s wonderful learning about them, but who taught them and how?