The Cost of Historical Amnesia in America

American Thinker ^ | October 28, 2016 | Richard Winchester

[I am Richard Brandon]

"American History, as currently taught in mainline public schools, is unrecognizable to you and me."

CORRECTION: History - of any kind - is not taught in public schools. One of the reasons is that the teachers are entirely ignorant of history, having come though the same system themselves.

[bankwalker]

having come though the same system themselves.

academic incest ...

[Elsie]

American History, as currently taught in mainline public schools, is unrecognizable to you and me.

[Elsie]

Have you seen the FIRST movie?

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 After the customary distributor agreement expired, the movie was withdrawn from theatrical and TV distribution channels by Orwell's estate and has not been obtainable legally for many years.

         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(1956_film)

[Elsie]

...the U.S. lost its moral claim to any right to exist decades ago.

Four plus of them...

Are you still killing your unborn?

-- GOD

 

[rlmorel]

Never, Elsie, thanks for the link!

[right way right]

This where you just want to yank your hair out.
We conservatives have been talking about this for decades.
I have asked my kids,”What do they teach you in school?” They say, “They teach us to pass tests”.
No...
They don’t have history tests either.

[Crapgame]

See my tagline....pretty much sums it up. For the record, I teach American and European history and culture at a community college. The lack of historical knowledge among undergraduate college students is nothing short of appalling.

[Let's Roll]

And you know they don’t know that the Repubican Party was anti-slavery.

The Mumbai born Dinesh D’Souza knows more about American history than the native born. Which wouldn’t be bad if they didn’t seem so proud of their ignorance.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Bodega]

Yes, I agree with your timeline...maybe even sooner if Hillary gets in the WH.

I have been bemoaning the degradation of our educational system for probably 40 years...and I did my best as a teacher of undergrads and graduate students to teach deductive reasoning, etc. ...it was not appreciated by the touchie/feelie contingent because too many minority students failed all the while they did not notice the American Indians I taught were as excellent academically as the best white students.

You are so right in your “simple” analysis.