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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Dana <[email protected]> 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:318232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
