I have yet to see anything in a history book about Helen Keller post adolescence. Because the adult Helen Keller was a suffragist, a socialist, a Wobbly, anti-war, supported birth control, and a founder of the ACLU. So you can understand why the powers that be limit teaching about her to a little deaf and blind girl learning to communicate. School history books, in the main, avoid teaching anything that challenges the status quo.
No, but America's future generations do need a right wing agenda brainwashing them in the classroom that climate change isn't real and renewable energy can't handle the energy needs of a country this size.
I grew up in the era, here in California, when Columbus was a righteous dude who actually set foot on this continent, and that Junipero Serra was likewise a blessing for the savages. It wasn't until my 20's when I discovered that Chris C. was a murderous prick, and same with Father Serra. Fuck both those guys, and the lies they rode in on. Both, advocating Xtianity. Such BullShit.
“Another book was banned because it included an exercise in which kids were supposed to write a story warning their friends and family members about climate change.” This seems a little provocative for a science book. Although I am old enough to remember being invited to write a story about Russian Commies invading a weak and defenseless United States.
We used to shoot them (for fun), burn them (for heat), and drive over them (for traction) after passing around the chapter summaries. The cloth bound AP History book got particularly good mileage.
To quote one great southerner, who is entirely on point here:
“Readin' don't never not done nothing for not nonebody. Never not no one, didn't about no reason not never. And by God they never not ain't gonna will!”
"Because people who find out about things all at once and do have that fire of the converted are also liabilities because they don’t know what to believe and are therefore prone to believing misinformation. People who know for a fact they’ve been lied to about climate change, a real thing, are more vulnerable to believing they’ve been lied to about fluoride and chemtrails. And kids who figure out they’ve been lied to about evolution are in danger of becoming the kind of atheists I have to apologize for all of the time."
Lookit - I'll give that finding out that you have been lied to can make one untrustful. For example, learning that your beloved cheated can make you very wary in a new relationship.
But the mistrust goes to the proven lie, not the source of truth.
Has anyone actually ever encountered someone who, when they got correct information about, say, the age of the universe, accepted that but then decided to mistrust actual science?
Can there be a personal sense of betrayal by those who withheld the real information? Sure. But that would also inure to more trust in the newly adopted canon since it is not being delivered by the obvious liars and they are likely inveighing against it.
Seriously - the later acquisition of knowledge is not a problem.
I think this is very strange, in that Texas is getting SHITLOAD of money from wind and solar. Possibly as much as from oil. If the country can survive the courts for 10 years, I think we'll be golden. Since the House can flip every 2 years, though, this is a true crapshoot. And judges are always problematical.
"I don't want to live on this planet anymore."
The LAST thing Republicans want is for children to have well-developed critical thinking skills.
I wonder if Texas teaches their kids about fossil fuel industrial pollutions that cause cancer rates to skyrocket.
Helen Keller and her life story of fortitude, overcoming fear and major disabilities, is not allowed in Texas school teachings.
I have yet to see anything in a history book about Helen Keller post adolescence. Because the adult Helen Keller was a suffragist, a socialist, a Wobbly, anti-war, supported birth control, and a founder of the ACLU. So you can understand why the powers that be limit teaching about her to a little deaf and blind girl learning to communicate. School history books, in the main, avoid teaching anything that challenges the status quo.
“𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬,” 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞.
No, but America's future generations do need a right wing agenda brainwashing them in the classroom that climate change isn't real and renewable energy can't handle the energy needs of a country this size.
I grew up in the era, here in California, when Columbus was a righteous dude who actually set foot on this continent, and that Junipero Serra was likewise a blessing for the savages. It wasn't until my 20's when I discovered that Chris C. was a murderous prick, and same with Father Serra. Fuck both those guys, and the lies they rode in on. Both, advocating Xtianity. Such BullShit.
“Another book was banned because it included an exercise in which kids were supposed to write a story warning their friends and family members about climate change.” This seems a little provocative for a science book. Although I am old enough to remember being invited to write a story about Russian Commies invading a weak and defenseless United States.
Ta, Robyn. Do you think Mexico would take TX back?
At least the lower half would be nice. Just below Austin.
But what if the air and water are TOO clean and people are able to afford TOO much affordable, renewable energy??!?1122!!3456
You just couldn't make up a more perfect name for a Texas state official than "Wayne Christian", could you?
And give me a break with that Pliobates cataloniae jazz, that is a headshot of Nigel Weary, the drummer for the Soft Boys in 1964.
the troll/scammers are on all the threads, please report them if you come across them
It’s cute that they they think kids are reading the text books
We used to shoot them (for fun), burn them (for heat), and drive over them (for traction) after passing around the chapter summaries. The cloth bound AP History book got particularly good mileage.
To quote one great southerner, who is entirely on point here:
“Readin' don't never not done nothing for not nonebody. Never not no one, didn't about no reason not never. And by God they never not ain't gonna will!”
― Early Cuyler
I guess some dialects employ the octuple negative for emphasis, or something.
An example of squid pro quo.
Squid Game Pro Quo!
"Because people who find out about things all at once and do have that fire of the converted are also liabilities because they don’t know what to believe and are therefore prone to believing misinformation. People who know for a fact they’ve been lied to about climate change, a real thing, are more vulnerable to believing they’ve been lied to about fluoride and chemtrails. And kids who figure out they’ve been lied to about evolution are in danger of becoming the kind of atheists I have to apologize for all of the time."
Lookit - I'll give that finding out that you have been lied to can make one untrustful. For example, learning that your beloved cheated can make you very wary in a new relationship.
But the mistrust goes to the proven lie, not the source of truth.
Has anyone actually ever encountered someone who, when they got correct information about, say, the age of the universe, accepted that but then decided to mistrust actual science?
Can there be a personal sense of betrayal by those who withheld the real information? Sure. But that would also inure to more trust in the newly adopted canon since it is not being delivered by the obvious liars and they are likely inveighing against it.
Seriously - the later acquisition of knowledge is not a problem.
Thanks. I didn't quit get the original point. You fixed it for me.
Same state that will do anything to get Musk to build a Tesla plant in it.
Musk is a living fossil so checks out
I think this is very strange, in that Texas is getting SHITLOAD of money from wind and solar. Possibly as much as from oil. If the country can survive the courts for 10 years, I think we'll be golden. Since the House can flip every 2 years, though, this is a true crapshoot. And judges are always problematical.