Why would I have to? There were the patriots, and then there were the British. It was a bit confusing since my father is British, mind you, but I dealt with it.
And no, actually, I did not live in Quebec as a child. The books I am thinking of were in use in the Ontario Separate Schools. Before that I went to a French-language Catholic school in Edmonton, where we spent a lot of time on Jesuits and coureurs de bois. All legitimately part of Canadian history, and yeah, probably not covered in your classes. My point exactly. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:318350 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
