I am back in college right now earning my Masters. I happen to be taking an advanced American history class right now and the professor is teaching wall to wall progressive politics and history.
The astounding thing is watching adults my age (35 and up) say things like “Wow, I had no idea America was such a bully and such an arrogant nation, it’s no wonder we are hated so much”, my blood pressure sky rockets in these classes but are mandatory to take so I have to suck it up, speak my mind, hope I don’t get F’s across the board, and remind people of all the things we have done for the good of the world and this country over the last 200 years.
I’m not sure what the title is,
but Michael Farris, of the HSLDA
had a lot to say about the
“accepted history book in academia”
which portrayed the founding and the founders in the most
horrible and negative manner possible,
and detailed all the bad things America has done throughout
its history. There is NO WAY I will send my kids into such
an academic environment.
You have my sympathy. Not a fun place, academia nowadays, for a conservative.
I found it -
“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn.
America bashing from start to finish, the #1 “accepted” textbook for American college history professors.
I feel for you.
Have those adult students found a BETTER COUNTRY???? That’s how I always respond.
If you’re in an exec master’s program, you’ll have a huge conservative audience. I couldn’t keep my opinions silent. Just give your prof a copy of the federalists papers. Don’t suck up, and don’t give an inch, they’ll never know we’re here if you are silenced, we need to voice freedom! Being a Masters student, you need to appeal to his ‘higher learning and diversity’ and ask him to discuss the fed papers with your class as opposed to socialism. I did a master’s degree, grad 2000, things sure have changed, even in this short period of time.
What sort of advanced American history are you covering? A particular chronological period, an intellectual or disciplinary approach, or a movement per se? (Just wondering what was being covered that portrayed the US as a bully).