I learned about them too in both elementary and high school in the Chicago burbs and college in Lousiana. Must be the east-west coasts hehehe
Eric On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:318437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
