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Memory Hole Gets Crowded
Accuracy in Academia ^ | February 9, 2010 | Malcolm A. Kline

Posted on 02/09/2010 6:31:28 AM PST by bs9021

Memory Hole Gets Crowded

Malcolm A. Kline, February 9, 2010

Marxists believe that he who controls the past controls the future. It’s hard not to see that philosophy at work in the actions of various state boards of education around the country.

Nevertheless, whether by accident or design, students who have not been taught, for example, the Constitution, will find it difficult to label anything unconstitutional. When my stepson was in high school, he was assigned the task of writing his own constitution. I suggested that he cut and paste the original to see if the teacher would notice. He demurred, thinking that his teacher wouldn’t like the text. He was probably right.

Currently, the Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE) is engaged in such a remodeling job. “TSBOE will soon finalize the language that textbook publishers use to align their textbooks to current standards,” the Liberty Counsel (LC) reports. “As Texas is a leader in textbooks, most other states purchase the same educational materials.”

As the two largest states, Texas and California to a large degree determine what texts will be available nationwide. In the lone star state, according to LC, “Some of the suggestions that have come forward at various times include:

* “Removing references to Daniel Boone, General George Patton, Nathan Hale, Columbus Day, and Christmas; * “Including the cultural impact of hip hop music, ACLU lawyer Clarence Darrow, and the Hindu holiday of Diwali;...

(Excerpt) Read more at academia.org ...


TOPICS: Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; history; publicschools; revisionism; texas

1 posted on 02/09/2010 6:31:29 AM PST by bs9021
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To: bs9021

umgud.


2 posted on 02/09/2010 6:32:57 AM PST by GeronL (Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
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To: bs9021

Time to take the country back and engage in the cultural war. We need to reverse the indoctrination and total perpetuation of designed ignorance in this country..


3 posted on 02/09/2010 6:42:38 AM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: bs9021
And yet another reason for homeschooling!
4 posted on 02/09/2010 6:51:36 AM PST by wbarmy (Hard core, extremist, and right-wing is a little too mild for my tastes.)
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To: bs9021
Social issues driving state education contest

We need to pay attention to who we elect to these positions. Unfortunately, sometimes it's difficult to find out very much about these people.

5 posted on 02/09/2010 6:58:55 AM PST by smokingfrog (You can't ignore your boss and expect to keep your job... www.filipthishouse2010.com)
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...students who have not been taught, for example, the Constitution, will find it difficult to label anything unconstitutional. When my stepson was in high school, he was assigned the task of writing his own constitution. I suggested that he cut and paste the original to see if the teacher would notice. He demurred, thinking that his teacher wouldn't like the text.
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6 posted on 02/09/2010 7:00:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: bs9021

How in the fine state of Texas did these libs crawl in?


7 posted on 02/09/2010 7:06:36 PM PST by GSP.FAN (These are the times that try men's souls.)
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and what’s the bag limit?


8 posted on 02/09/2010 7:36:10 PM PST by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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and what’s the bag limit?


9 posted on 02/09/2010 7:36:12 PM PST by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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Dear Mr.K i sometimes check out profiles and your girls are the most beautiful pics i have seen in a long time..Keep up the good work.
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10 posted on 02/09/2010 7:54:01 PM PST by GSP.FAN (These are the times that try men's souls.)
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To: bs9021

This is why the country cannot go back to Constitutional sanity. It would take a couple of generations of sound and extensive teaching of actual history in the schools to turn the country from its road to socialism. While we fight the politics in the State Capitols and Washington, the left has already won the battle. They do not rush to clear the arena of leftover and wounded Free Men, however, they ooze onto the field until it will be covered and all are imprisoned in the muck.


11 posted on 02/09/2010 8:37:34 PM PST by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: SunkenCiv
My high school social studies teacher was passionate about American democracy and the Constitution. He carried a copy in his suit jacket pocket. We used to laugh to ourselves because he'd get so worked up about the topic you'd see spittle coming out of his mouth.

Boy, those days are gone.

12 posted on 02/10/2010 9:33:33 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Mr. K

In most states there is no limit for non-native species viewed as pests or vermin....


13 posted on 02/11/2010 6:43:34 AM PST by skepsel
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