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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:58 AM Original message |
Yesterday showed how bad our education system is |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Real history is not taught in schools |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. True, that. But definitely re-introduce civics classes, and starting at lower grades |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. my kids have been doing history since first grade. my kids kick ass in knowing all this stuff |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Our elementary age daughter has gotten far more insight into the sociopolitical at home... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. in sociopolitical, sure. they are more into history 101 until the higher grades. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. "real" history is tough |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. picking and choosing what history to teach can also be very deceptive |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Yes it is |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. I was just thinking I've been taxed without representation for 8 years. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. that is such a lame conclusion you come to. few, not many, protested yesterday. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. no matter, the protesters were the lame ones |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. ha... and yet still you blame schools, instead of a party of followers that |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I guess you have a comprehension problem |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. i guess buying into the rw spew that our educational system has been gutted |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. We do use Zinn to teach history |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I received a good public education too, but I was not |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. The majority of American voted for Bush in 2004 |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. USA..USA..USA..USA..USA..USA.. |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's the education system's faul the morans can't learn history? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. I agree with you 100 percent. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. I think you have to try. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Don't worry |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Tsk! You're being an intellectural elitist! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. how can poster be an intellectual elitist with the blame solely on educational system.... if this |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. ummm....try again |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. i understand it wasnt. mine was an attack on poster and your post suggesting |
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Lorax (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Teachers fault. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. must be... lordy, this is the worst of the attack public school threads. n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. I love that sig line!! |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. no doubt! |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. I love your sig line too n/t |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Judging from some of the signs we've seen pictured, you might want to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. No. Yesterday we saw what happens to people who reject public education. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. ya.... high five. thank you. n/t |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. not just public education |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. Schools should teach a "Media Awareness" class |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. or the parent can. i started with my kids when they were old enough to buy into the |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Most parents aren't like us |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. i did somewhere in my schooling too, maybe 9th psychology class, dont remember. BUT |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
52. ahhhh TV |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. They used to have Mass Media courses in high school. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. Not just education, those people all had parents |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. No, their parents taught them to shut up and do as they are told |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Solution - throw stones at public education. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I don't disagree with you |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. 8th grade science teacher teaching evolution. student says... dont believe |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I disagree |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. oh well geeez. put down education system failure and include all of society in that |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. I think it is a society problem |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. you are allowed to harbour your own ill informed opinion |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. yup.... good for you |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. thanks, as a teacher I know first hand |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. you know, it is such a weak argument to blame the teachers. as if they have all |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I can really only remember 2 "bad" teachers |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Keeping the masses as ignorant as possible has been part of the RW agenda for decades. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Not to mention spelling. eom |
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Coffee and Cake (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. Good point--Time to eliminate the DoE and NCLB |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. Wrong. There are alot of intelligent bigots in the world.You're confusing |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. other things for which to blame public ed: |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
47. partly agree, but it's the culture that's largely to blame, including who's in charge of curriculum |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. They Also Can't Spell |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. REQUIRE civics in every year of high school. |
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