at least when I went to grade school....circa 1960's....the teachers( nuns mostly) gave us the most all-encompassing type of education.....
we learned culture and literature and history and facts about almost every country or religion in the world....
so terms like "Boxing Day" were not unheard of....
I fear that subsequent generations are not being taught about the world, its history, its various religion, its traditions, its music, beyond today's rap crap or metal junk....
Maybe the old way of teaching didn't officially make "diversity" an object, but isn't it funny how most people middle-age and older seem to know and understand more about the world and its customs than today's youth.....despite their supposedly top-notch educations with the world's richest teachers....
You are a Freeper after my own heart.
Why is it the further our nation continues, the worse our educational system seems to be? I point no fingers at the usual suspects (government,teachers,etc) but place blame where It truly belongs, on us. The public, the parents, the voters.
A poster the other day, on one of the 'hot' threads, stated something like, "protest has never done any good."
I guess the Boston Tea Party is something they think was a Debutante China Party.
When archeologists conclude there were no civilizations beyond a certain time period, and that we are the most advanced, I really wonder.
Maybe there were, and they were more advanced. But , like us, they foolishly allowed the knowledge to perish.
...isn't it funny how most people middle-age and older seem to know and understand more about the world and its customs than today's youth..
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How right you are! I am a product of Catholic education, as well, but I went to grade school during the 1950s.