Posted on 10/02/2007 9:49:23 AM PDT by World_Events
If high school juniors' answers to a World War II questionnaire were strung together, here's how history would look:
World War II took place in 19-something, when Theodore Roosevelt was president and the Germans claimed to be the best race.
Hoping to aid Third World countries, the United States joined the war to stop racism and end the dispute over Jews.
The head of the Nazis was a killer named Hitler whose evil partner, Mussolini, was president of the USSR. Ultimately, the war ended with the bombing of Iwo Jima and Hitler's suicide. Then a treaty was signed. Not every 11th-grader who answered a Chronicle questionnaire at San Francisco's Burton High School responded with such a fractured version of history. Eight of the 34 students said correctly that "Roosevelt" or "FDR" was president during most of the war, apparently remembering the subject they had studied as sophomores last spring. Most knew about the attempted genocide of the Jews, all but three recognized Hitler, and eight placed the war in the 1940s.
But others, perhaps suffering a temporary memory lapse, variously named George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon and Winston Churchill as the war's main president. Eighteen students wisely left the answer blank.
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I totally agree with all of you, it is shameful to say the least. All that easy info, are people that lazy and uncaring? Sad.
We have Madrassas and Spanish speaking schools now. Muslims are demanding foot washbasins and prayer rug time in public schools. Hispanics are demanding multi-lingual education in public schools.
At least with vouchers, you can elect to send your child to a school that teaches in English and is Judeo/Christian in its outlook....and maybe, just maybe, teaches American history that doesn't turn the kids into haters and enemies of the American values and freedom.
Just heard that Tom Harkin, Senator from Iowa had his "staff" expunge from Wikipedia the inconvient fact that he had never flown in combat, contrary to his campaign claims.
And then he has the ballz to try and castigate Rush Limbaugh on outing a true "phony soldier" - and distort it into an attack on all troops that disagree with the war.
Wikipedia....hides a lot of facts. But it's handy.
Just heard that Tom Harkin, Senator from Iowa had his "staff" expunge from Wikipedia the inconvient fact that he had never flown in combat, contrary to his campaign claims.
And then he has the ballz to try and castigate Rush Limbaugh on outing a true "phony soldier" - and distort it into an attack on all troops that disagree with the war.
Wikipedia....hides a lot of facts. But it's handy.
BTW: There already are Mexican schools in the US, see LA, Chicago and anywhere else where there is a critical mass of Mexicans.
February 2nd, 1945 - Ecuador declares war on Germany
I want OUT of social security NOW. I don’t want it or need it. I damn sure don’t want to rely on this generation to support me when I’m old & gray. Give me my 15% back and I’ll fend for myself. ...Or move to France.
Followed later in month by Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
ROTFLMAO!!!
OMG ping. This is too funny.
bookmark *bump*
Sorry, I’ve disabled all IM, cuz after 20 years, I’m still trying to land a C-47 at Midway (MDW) without crashing. It was named, I believe, after a big battle at the Texas State Fair during the Spam Cookoff.
I think they must have been waiting until they were really, really, REALLY sure they would be on the winning side.
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