Ignorance of U.S. history called threat to security

Washington Times ^ | Friday, April 11, 2003 | By George Archibald

[livius]

And the liberal education establishment like it that way.

That's the truth! What's worse is that the liberal establishment is not only failing to teach real history, it's taking advantage of this to create its own "history."

I bet you didn't know, for example, that the Iriquois were responsible for our form of government? Hah, thought you didn't!

[tnlibertarian]

However, it is not a function of the federal government's budget to pay for it.

But that would require knowledge of the Constitution to know that. I think it is ironic that the proposed solution to ignorance of our history and Constitution is unconstitutional use of power.

[mtbopfuyn]

I'm grateful one of our elem teachers has FNC on in the room.

The calibur of History teachers hasn't improved since I was in school. The schools still hire coaches who only have the next game on their minds so don't have the time or care about teaching History. It's the schools' fault, not the government's. If kids don't have an understanding of past US and world events, how will they be able to understand current events?

[TxBec]

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