The protests are aimed at new JeffCo School Board member Julie Williams’ proposal, which states, in part: “Materials should promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights. Materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law. Instructional materials should present positive aspects of the United States and its heritage.”
Of course not.
Quote from: PSU on September 27, 2014, 10:50:23 AMOf course not.Oh, this will be good.Why not?
Quote from: IcyWind on September 27, 2014, 10:51:03 AMQuote from: PSU on September 27, 2014, 10:50:23 AMOf course not.Oh, this will be good.Why not?Why? For one, I bet its 5% students who actually care and 95% who just want to get out of class. Also, students don't dictate what is taught. If that were true, I'd love to have a class dedicated to the history of all 4 major sports and get rid of math. But its not up to us as students.
Wait so the schools want to teach American nationalism and disregard the areas where America did bad shit. And the students are protesting against it??
Quote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:33:54 AMWait so the schools want to teach American nationalism and disregard the areas where America did bad shit. And the students are protesting against it??Yes.
Why? For one, I bet its 5% students who actually care and 95% who just want to get out of class. Also, students don't dictate what is taught. If that were true, I'd love to have a class dedicated to the history of all 4 major sports and get rid of math. But its not up to us as students.
Quote from: PSU on September 27, 2014, 11:07:00 AMWhy? For one, I bet its 5% students who actually care and 95% who just want to get out of class. Also, students don't dictate what is taught. If that were true, I'd love to have a class dedicated to the history of all 4 major sports and get rid of math. But its not up to us as students.Considering the protests are contained to a few AP classes, you're right. A small amount actually care, but that doesn't make their cause any less important.So, you're fine with the cutting out of who sections of US history, eh? Some patriot you are.
Have you learned all the bad shit about America in school over your schooling? I doubt it. Things are cut all the time.
Quote from: PSU on September 27, 2014, 11:47:52 AMHave you learned all the bad shit about America in school over your schooling? I doubt it. Things are cut all the time. Actually, yes. Yes I have.
Quote from: IcyWind on September 27, 2014, 11:44:50 AMQuote from: PSU on September 27, 2014, 11:07:00 AMWhy? For one, I bet its 5% students who actually care and 95% who just want to get out of class. Also, students don't dictate what is taught. If that were true, I'd love to have a class dedicated to the history of all 4 major sports and get rid of math. But its not up to us as students.Considering the protests are contained to a few AP classes, you're right. A small amount actually care, but that doesn't make their cause any less important.So, you're fine with the cutting out of who sections of US history, eh? Some patriot you are.Yep absolutely fine with it. Have you learned all the bad shit about America in school over your schooling? I doubt it. Things are cut all the time. Its all good though. When those kids are in summer school this year, I'll be funny.
Hurrrr you don't know everything so you might as well know nothing
Quote from: RustingFloor on September 27, 2014, 11:36:40 AMQuote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:33:54 AMWait so the schools want to teach American nationalism and disregard the areas where America did bad shit. And the students are protesting against it??Yes.Then I fully support them. Here in the UK we too are only taught in History about the wonderful things the British did. Our curriculum fails to mention all the bad. I don't really like nationalism, it helps uniting the people of one country together but not the world.
Quote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:40:21 AMQuote from: RustingFloor on September 27, 2014, 11:36:40 AMQuote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:33:54 AMWait so the schools want to teach American nationalism and disregard the areas where America did bad shit. And the students are protesting against it??Yes.Then I fully support them. Here in the UK we too are only taught in History about the wonderful things the British did. Our curriculum fails to mention all the bad. I don't really like nationalism, it helps uniting the people of one country together but not the world.I wouldn't say that it whitewashes history for the empire, it was more just omitted entirely from the curriculum I studied other than colouring in the countries we used to own in year 6...
Quote from: Mr Psychologist on September 27, 2014, 11:57:31 AMQuote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:40:21 AMQuote from: RustingFloor on September 27, 2014, 11:36:40 AMQuote from: Gatsby on September 27, 2014, 11:33:54 AMWait so the schools want to teach American nationalism and disregard the areas where America did bad shit. And the students are protesting against it??Yes.Then I fully support them. Here in the UK we too are only taught in History about the wonderful things the British did. Our curriculum fails to mention all the bad. I don't really like nationalism, it helps uniting the people of one country together but not the world.I wouldn't say that it whitewashes history for the empire, it was more just omitted entirely from the curriculum I studied other than colouring in the countries we used to own in year 6...We in the north never even get taught anything about the British empire. We're taught the jews and nothing but the jews in WWII, the battle of Hastings, that franz ferdinand got killed by a bunch of nationalists, the state of medicine from the Roman era to 1941, the history of the Durham steelworks and all about US westward expansion. Out of that The battle of Hastings and the history of the Durham steel works is the only legitimate British history I have experienced since beginning school to completing GCSE history.
Fuck yes I support them.