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seveneyes

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13. It beats teaching that a 7th century madman swordsman was a saint and should be followed
Mon Oct 20, 2014, 08:28 AM
Oct 2014

Or any other violent methods to living life in peace.

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I think sixth graders are generally mature enough to be taught about such current events. Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #1
Some equipment they took when the Iraqi army cut and ran scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #2
Speaking of beheadings bluestateguy Oct 2014 #3
I love the part that ISIS has a state b/c they have their own flag. Demit Oct 2014 #4
But, do you have a FLAG? Electric Monk Oct 2014 #5
Hahahahaha! Never saw that. Demit Oct 2014 #10
That is a news story taken for a classroom exercise in reading comprehension/analysis Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #6
I think it is a comprehensive report w/o propaganda. Quite surprising it came from Texas education Hestia Oct 2014 #7
kids have been learning about beheadings forever justabob Oct 2014 #8
In the sixth grade, I read the MineralMan Oct 2014 #9
Soon sixth graders will ask, "what's a newspaper?" aikoaiko Oct 2014 #15
And I'll be very sad about that. MineralMan Oct 2014 #17
Me, too. As a kid I modeled my father who read the morning and evening papers. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #18
What teacher spent all that time creating that document about ISIS, LWolf Oct 2014 #11
that's a fail re funding. ISIS is largely self-funding cali Oct 2014 #12
It beats teaching that a 7th century madman swordsman was a saint and should be followed seveneyes Oct 2014 #13
I think 6th graders are plenty old enough to learn about current events gollygee Oct 2014 #14
By the time I was in 6th grade LibertyLover Oct 2014 #16
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