Ping.....
I have such a lousy memory, I get facts confused and can't remember key elements of a subject/situation.
Which sort of leads into a theory I have;
When I learned "Old MacDonald", I learned to list each animal AS a list each time ..... Cat ..... cat, dog ..... cat, dog, cow ..... (etc.)
I attended my grand daughter's kindergarten graduation a few years ago and they sang three verses of "old MacDonald" and each verse was a stand alone verse.
I asked the teacher why and she said it was easier for the kids to remember that way.
I thought then as I think now ..... No, you eliminate a memory tool that can be planted only in childhood that will inhibit good memory later in life.
I don't know if that's really true or not, but I'm watching ....
Jump rope songs, engine, engine number nine and other childhood singsongs taught us so much and we didn't know it.
Without the childhood elements of learning that occur outside of school, school is the only place a child will get ANYTHING and if the school teaches nothing or teaches falsehoods, America is doomed.
Thanks for posting this. The Howard Zinn school is practically the norm in many schools and history departments. So sad. Would love for LS’s books to replace them but it’s a tough battle.
All I know is that as the only conservative teacher at an entirely left-wing high school, my students appreciated my lessons for their objectivity and search for truth as opposed to the conclusions delivered by their other teachers. It can be done.