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In reply to the discussion: Texas approves textbooks with Moses as founding father. [View all]ashling
(25,771 posts)way too many of them already think that way.
I had a student a few years back write that she felt that the constitution was divinely inspired in what was supposed to be an essay comparing the constitutional interpretation of Scalia vs. that of a sane person. The paper went on to say that the Hebrews would never have questioned what god meant in the ten commandments -- then she went on to write them all in her paper. They would hve just accepted them like god put them in the bible - King James Version, of course.
I kid you not
she used only two sources: the text book (reluctantly I assume) and some book by a preacher fro Azle, Tx (I don't remember whether or not it was "Dr." and self proclaimed historian David Barton.)
Then there is the paper I assigned on government regulation that was entitled "Government Regulation: a.k.a., socialism"
Don't get me wrong, I have some really great students who are eager to learn. Sometimes they don't know they are eager to learn until somebody tries to facilitate their learning rather than shoving FOX and Founding Father Moses down their throats.
Now it's just going to be tougher,