Texas state board of eduction to rewrite history, have we all gone mad?

The state of Texas has always had a disproportionate influence on the US textbook market. I have always found this fact to be of concern. If my only choice for a history textbook was written like this, I would look for excerpts from other texts that I could legally photocopy, and download articles and cobble together my own text to either sit along side, or preferably replace the drivel that will result from this legislation.

In response to the first poster: the proposed texas TEKS address that by down playing most of the founding fathers and replacing them with little known people that fill their idealized goals mostly. The news article that was referenced is just the most public evidence that has been posted. Looking at the proposed changes history is being skewed to focus only on the last 150 years and only non-controversial conservative points of view.

The only point I strongly disagree with is excluding Jefferson's writings. The article suggests the reason is because he is a deist, but if that is true, then they would have to remove Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, and George Washington as evidence suggests they were deists as well. I don't really care enough to delve into their reasons. This is the information age, so any kid with any curiousity can go and find the truth. Knowledge no longer is funneled exclusively through scholos.

If the scholars are required to examine the form, they are going to understand that the government isn't allowed to make certain a faith or make any rules appropriate to faith. there is not any longer something in the form approximately separation of Church and state. That grow to be placed into the form because of the Church of britain which grow to be the regular faith in England. That grow to be between the justifications people got here to North u . s . a . for freedom of religion. the U. S. isn't a Democracy. it rather is a REPUBLIC. there have been non secular impacts in the founding of this u . s .. There are non secular references for the duration of the homes. you already know what else. They referred to as people "people", no longer people like a species a mammals quite than those with the splendid to possess belongings, vote, choose for their very own destiny. Why shouldn't the bill of Rights study? Are you asserting people shouldn't understand their rights? We do have the splendid to undergo palms as is reported in the form and upheld by using the very superb courtroom many times. And why shouldn't they study appropriate to the wonderful? That grow to be additionally element of our background and our contemporary because of the fact it grow to be got rid of and adjusted with the Federal Reserve. There are no lies contained in what the conservatives choose the babies to examine approximately their very own u . s .. From a number of the crap I see on YA written by using college young ones, i'd say those restorations to the curriculum are way late. babies ought to experience delight of their u . s . and understand they ought to shop this large test. have you ever people in no way examine the bill of Rights or the form? Do you basically examine left wing blogs approximately it and choose it is rather rather what the the authors meant quite than examine what it rather says? What the hell is inaccurate with you people?