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JonLP24

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4. If it is an addition rather than an addition by subtracted it doesn't bother me
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 10:35 AM
Jan 2015

More knowledge and an open mind doesn't threaten me. I ever read Bill O'Reilly's Who is Looking Out For You? a long time ago and while I wasn't sure why I put myself through that, I still wasn't swayed. It is all depends on how it is being taught and how it is being implemented which could vary depending on individual teachers but that is true even in a subject like social studies. Only 1 social studies teacher told me about the slave owner claims & busting the myths (cherry tree and the like) of our Founding Fathers which a more highly sanitized version was taught and it appeared she was doing against the wishes of school administrators because she didn't like the idea of regular testing of the school textbook version of history then came back knowing she had to do the test had us create our own test such as I'd ask myself questions and answer it with the textbook answer. No other teacher ever did that but I did learn more from her than any other social studies--who one the only thing I remembered well from another social studies teacher was make sure I had a pen for a class (detention if I don't).

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