On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > US history classes teach a very biased view of history, its > > triumphalism to the extreme at times. for instance little or no > > mention of the invasions of Canada during the American revolution, the > > War of 1812, and the various Fenian raids. When the War of 1812 is > > mentioned, its mostly New Orleans in 1815 and a few naval battles. > > Nothing about the Niagara or North West Campaigns, or destruction of > > the towns along the Frontier in the middle of winter or the Indian > > massacres. > I learned about those.....in social studies.....in elementary school, and then again in history class in high school. Do schools on the east and west coast just suck balls or what...? Everything you guys bitch about re:schools, and use as justification for the necessity of home schooling, are things I never experienced in my 16 years of schooling in KS and MO. -- The suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dream of youth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:318406 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
