Posted on 08/06/2012 12:26:14 AM PDT by paltz
Several recent studies have shown that American students are alarmingly ignorant about U.S. history and world events.
Experts have attributed the problem to everything from failing schools to substandard teachers.
But what about content?
Who Discovered America?
For instance, did you know that Muslims discovered America? Or that Jerusalem is an Arab city? That's just some of the "history" that students in America's K-12 classrooms have been taught in recent years--with the help of taxpayer money.
A new report by the non-profit Institute for Jewish and Community Research finds that American high school and elementary textbooks contain countless inaccuracies about Christianity, Judaism, Israel and the Middle East.
The Institute examined 28 of the most widely-used history, geography and social studies textbooks in America. It found at least 500 errors.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbn.com ...
Assassination Bondage or Conversion.
How many of you remember when something similar to this, “We need not fire a shot as America will destroy itself from within”?
Guess where that is taking place? If we dumb down our kids and tell them green is white, change history and distort the truth and all we believe in, you can easily see where we as a nation have gone and are going.
Being a natural born citizen of this once great nation for almost 75 years. I am appauled at what I see. America is NO LONGER the country I fought for. UNLESS those true Americans get out there a change things it will be the destruction of our country. My time is getting short but many still have the chance to make a change for the better, NOT THE CHANGE Obummer and his ilk have helped bring.
If they do not teach that islam is a death cult held in place largely through oppression torture and death then they are lying to our children.
Time to water the tree.
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