The bizarre war against AP U.S. history courses

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The bizarre war against AP U.S. history courses

by Catherine Rampell at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-unflattering-history-lesson/2015/02/19/3be9cb0c-b878-11e4-a200-c008a01a6692_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop

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It seems strange to organize an educational system around what can’t be taught to children.

But for large chunks of the country, that is exactly how public educational standards seem to be set: by demarcating and preserving blind spots rather than promoting enlightenment.

It started at least 90 years ago with evolution, when Tennessee banned the teaching of any theory that contradicted the biblical story of the divine creation of man, leading to the infamous Scopes monkey trial. The Supreme Court ultimately struck down such laws, but battles over teaching, or not teaching, evolution in public schools continue to this day. Many parts of the country that have relaxed their objections to teaching evolution have now pivoted to try to ban or sabotage teaching about climate change. Sex ed — at least the kind that actually educates kids about sex, rather than its absence — has come under similar attacks. Now, more recently, states have started trying to ban the teaching of U.S. history.

Yes, U.S. history. Specifically, the bits of our history that might be uncomfortable, unflattering or even shameful — or, as some politicians call it, “unpatriotic.”


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1. We are in a place in time when our heroes insist they been seen as both good and bad.

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That is where psychology is at, but that evolution isn't acceptable to the GOP. They don't want children to learn how to be self actualized adults. That like people countries can do both good and bad. So they are attacking Advanced Placement history courses?Why? Because their base will be easier to manipulate and will more willingly scapegoat others. And the GOP can go the the bank on that. Even Mandela insisted that his mistakes in his personal life be known and put into the narrative of his life. This is really sad. Sad that the GOP doesn't want fulfilled and open adults in America. This is just like the Scientologists being against psychology and psychiatry because it eats into the numbers of followers they can control if people are healthy and figure themselves out.

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2. Never let your schooling interfere with your education. . . .

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