U.S. History Is Becoming History

The Carolina Journal ^ | June 22, 2005 | Lindalyn Kakadelis

[stuartcr]

When an historical event is determined by, or a consequence of, a political decision...how do you really know what the truth is?

[in hoc signo vinces]

Public Education System is a POS PING! With the exception of a few teachers...most school districts are hives for disinformation by the lefty loonies that run them.

Education Reform is taking on a whole new meaning.

[Moral Hazard]

Actually according to the laws of quantum mechanics, history is just a set of possible histories with various probabilities of occurring. There is no one exact history.

Quantum mechanics sometimes makes my head hurt.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Actually according to the laws of quantum mechanics, history is just a set of possible histories with various probabilities of occurring."

Wrong. The past is fixed; no multiverses going backward, only forward. That doesn't mean that those with a political or cultural axe to grind won't keep trying to put their particular spin upon that fixed history, though.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Yes there are multiple quantum states, but according to Schrodinger Cat Theory, once you take action you're quantum state has been decided...even if all states exist at the same time, relative to that decision.

Thus the cat eats the mouse...it tastes good. For that cat the mouse was good, it's history is that the mouse was good tasting. Now for a Cat in a different quantum state where the mouse was bad...his history is the mouse tasted bad.

So relative to the individual, regardless of multiple states, an exact history for that individual can be defined.

[untenured]

Last term I taught a class in law and economics, mostly (university) juniors and seniors. We spent about two weeks talking about the Constitution. Most of the discussion concerned its economic effects and logic, but we spent one class talking about the primary features of the Constitution, including the rights it is supposed to insure. We also talked about various other common-law rights throughout the course.

On my teaching evaluations I got one of the saddest comments I have ever received. The student said, "I learned more about my rights in this class than during my entire life as a citizen of this country."

[HardStarboard]

>>>Quantum mechanics sometimes makes my head hurt. <<<

According to string theory, there is another dimension only trillionths away from the one we are in and it probably has a different history. Yeah; and there are suppose to be 11 of them....including ours of course.

String theory makes me feel like I can pass a string in one ear and out the other without disturbing anything.

[socal_parrot]

Who cares about American History. It's much more important to learn about the Aztecs, who counquered and killed neighboring tribes, enslaving them or sacrificing hundreds of thousands of them at the altars to their pagan gods, ripping the still beating hearts from the chests of their victims and kicking their bodies, tumbling down the bloodsoaked pyramids were a peaceful and advanced people that we could learn much from.

[putupjob]

I knew American History was over when Harriet Tubman had greater prominence in American History books than Abraham Lincoln.

[kharaku]

How do these regulations affect private school text books?

[in hoc signo vinces]

Yeppers, Brian Greene has a couple of good books out.

Also Lee Smolin's book is good. "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity."

[in hoc signo vinces]

But, it is also a large compliment to your service.

That's why it's good to be a "good" teacher.

[skeeter]

Time is fast approaching where true America history lives on only as an oral tradition passed parent to child.

[Moral Hazard]

But when you observe the state of a particle, you're only fixing it for that point in time. You aren't determining that history of the particle, but you can determine the probability of it having been in various states in the past based on your current observations.

[racingcowboy]

Quantum Physics: The dreams stuff is made of.

[Leg Olam]

History isn't the only subject being trashed. Geography, Ethics, Civics, English Lit and with graphing calculators Math calculation has been reduced to simply following the recipe. Generations of ignoramuses courtesy of public education. What a harvest that will be.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Hiezenberg's uncertianty Principle, "one cannot determing both the position and the velocity of an individual particle...which is loose definition in point particle physics mind you.

But you can determine from wence that particle came and where it has traveled premeasurement...so an ascertainable history can be made.

There are some that beleive the uncertainty principle doesn't apply very well in multi-dimensional physics.

[tnlibertarian]

Either way, the mouse is history.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Quantum physics. the stuff dreams are made of? More like the stuff dreamers write science fiction about! NONE of the stuff these guys say is provable!

Now back on topic...

I do talks about the civil war at middle schools. Most of the time the kids are fascinated by it all. But they aren’t taught a THING about what I am talking about. We have lost touch with America in our schools, folks.

If we don’t start teaching what it is to be an American and what it WAS to have BEEN an American, we can kiss it ALL godbye!