Posted on 09/14/2018 1:42:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
History curriculum in Texas remembers the Alamo, but could soon forget Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller.
As part of an effort to "streamline" the social studies curriculum in Texas, the State Board of Education voted on Friday to change what students in every grade are required to learn in the classroom. They voted to remove several historical figures, including Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller.
The board also voted to add back into the curriculum a reference to the "heroism" of the defenders of the Alamo, which had been recommended for elimination, as well as Moses' influence on the writing of the founding documents, multiple references to "Judeo-Christian" values and a requirement that students explain how the "Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict" in the Middle East.
The vote Friday was preliminary. The board, which is elected to represent geographic areas, will take a final vote on these curriculum changes in November and can make further amendments before then.
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Helen Keller was a commie.
lost out to Lizzie Borden....Lizzie moved and began a type of animal shelter. Not bad for an unproven ax murderer.
Keller should be retained... as an inspiration to us all.
HilLIARy should be retained too, as an examplar of corruption and evil in government
the students can learn EXCELLENT lessons studying them both!
So, pretty soon nobody will get Helen Keller jokes.
The older I get, the fewer of my jokes work.
She was a founder of the ACLU. Her damage goes on and on.
You got me. Why?
Hellen Keller was a founder of the ACLU? Yikes.
Then her legacy is one of destruction.
I did not know about her liberal ties.
But the Story is very valuable and thought inspiring. Before Helen it was considered impossible to reach someone with her disabilities. To just think about what it would take for the teacher to get her to understand that there was a higher form of communication when Helen had been deaf and blind for her whole life. The teacher at least was a hero.
Her dog was blind too......
I agree. The issue is context and how it is taught, not content.
No doubt. In fact the phrase “Miracle Worker” refers to Annie Sullivan, not Helen Keller.
Here’s a short essay about how devoutly commie Helen Keller was: https://isreview.org/issue/96/politics-helen-keller
I assume her teacher was the one who filled her head with nonsense. Somebody correct me if that’s false, but I assume the worst about Anne Sullivan.
Now if only the she-devil were eliminated from society.
What about Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, First Lady for 31 days? She was the mother of 10 children and the grandmother of the 23rd President.
Whack’em, whack’em, whack’em.
That was Histeria’s take on her. Good cartoon.
I don’t know about you folks but i’m good with that.
Do they still include people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Nat Turner, Harvey Milk? In other words, leftist “heroes?”
No reason to remove. Just tell them the truth. Hillary is nothing but a common thief.
Grade, 50%. Half right, half wrong. And Hillary ain’t right.
Because her dog was blind too
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