Quebec probably. In school the Canadian history courses I took were very different. I suspect that you're more than colouring things a little bit.
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > no, I had Canadian history classes that taught me that the patriots > lost to British invaders. I would have been a bit perturbed at classes > that taught me that this was a manifestation of the obvious rightness > of British empire. I imagine that Hispanic or Native American kids > might deserve better than the Texan fundamentalist equivalent. > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Casey Dougall > <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> he bill suggests it (according to the article) but the primary effect >>> of it is to ban black studies classes and latino studies classes. >>> Along with any Irish, Chinese, Polish, or Russian culture classes that >>> might be offered. I am more and more ethinking that if I do have to >>> drive through the place (vs a 15-hour detour), I should try to avoid >>> spending my money there. >>> >> >> >> Did you have "Replace Nationality"-American Studies programs in school? I >> sure as hell didn't and I don't believe there is room for those in normal >> daily programs. It's bad enough they split the day into 9 periods as it is. >> >> If you want to learn more about your heritage, there is the library and the >> good ol times you sit down with your family and friends, or you can pick up >> some books. >> >> When you get to college, you can select that as your field of study, and >> spend thousands of your parents money researching the history of this or >> that. >> >> I don't believe it makes a differance in your day to day life. >> >> I'm Armenian, Scottish, Italian, English and Irish. >> >> What's a Mutt? Being American! >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
