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AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
13. And you shouldn't have to warn your kids that teachers and textbooks are lying to them.
Mon Aug 31, 2015, 12:15 PM
Aug 2015

Why not? It was happening when I was in school.

And with all the different sources besides one text book today.... it should be easy to find the SAME info presented in 2 ways that seem contradictory.

At least kids could see how info can be manipulated.

But children are individuals, not their parents' clones (actually clones are individuals) so some will get it, some won't.

The worst are parents who just send the kids off to school, and stop there. They don't know what their kid is dong at school or what goes on there. Then get all mad at teachers and the school twice a year on Parent/Teacher day when little Billy isn't doing well.

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Ugh. progressoid Aug 2015 #1
Can you believe they're getting away with this? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #2
One of my nieces just moved to Texas for a job. progressoid Aug 2015 #5
I pity the intelligent Texans. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #6
you're fucked. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #10
You're right, yet some kids are very gullible. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #11
And you shouldn't have to warn your kids that teachers and textbooks are lying to them. AlbertCat Aug 2015 #13
Well, as long as my kids learn the truth, it's all good. LiberalAndProud Sep 2015 #14
But John Locke was soft on atheism and a heathen fellow-traveler! onager Aug 2015 #3
Excellent find as usual, onager! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #4
Reminds me of this... nil desperandum Aug 2015 #7
Brilliant. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #8
Mexican-American War, my favorite comment onager Aug 2015 #9
Native Americans view history differently too. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #12
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