I have heard from several people lately about how the right wants to indoctrinate our children in schools with religion etc.
More often, especially in light of the powerful leftist National Education Association, it seems that our children are being more and more subject to a secularist and politically correct education in our public schools.
Here is a point in the case with this video clip. The state of Texas is considering buying new history text books. The purchase of which text book is determined by a fifteen person panel; therefore, a majority of eight would determine the books to be purchased.
The problem is that, along with California, Texas is the biggest purchaser of text books in the country, so what eight people decide to buy will likely have huge ramifications on what is bought by school districts throughout the nation. That is a lot of power when it comes to educating our children.
This would be okay, if done responsibly, however, when those sitting on this board have a left-wing agenda, the consequences for our children and our nation could be very bad indeed.
Watch the short video to see what I mean....
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Texas Textbook Selection Could Effect The Country
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I agree. Eight people determining what the majority of school kids are being taught is a frightening thing. Except in the case of Texas, it is a right wing agenda that is being pushed. Teaching kids about Phyllis Schlafley, or that the civil rights movement was controlled by communists, or that the only legitimate American political movement in the last 50 years was the Contract with America is just biased and wrong. You'd have to agree with that. I mean, they voted down even mentioning Ted Kennedy and Sonia Sotomayor! Not a mention. In a state like Texas, with its large Latino population, they would ignore the first Hispanic Justice to the Supreme Court?
I think we agree that politics should not enter into school curriculum, but I guess we disagree on what is happening in Texas. Frankly, I would worry about Texas kids if they are only taught what is being proposed.
I definitely agree. This will only promote further ignorance and future hatred/prejudice. Every affiliation and group is run and filled with humans, none are perfect; so to think one small group should decide on what is learned by many is quite false. And actually i would say that it is more "communist" than anything else. But since this is a republican proposition, and they love to make socialism claims, none have been made towards this idea. They make claims as to their rights of this, but what about the students rights to learn as well.
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