Texas Is At It Again! UPDATE!
I thought this blog would be worthy of a re-blog for many good reasons. While I don't exactly agree with the blog (I lived in Texas for 5 years and have a strong bond with Texas and Texans), I thought it should be put out there some more.
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The Texas school baord which is comprised of a 15 member board, incuding 10 republicans, has decided to included MORE references to christianity, and fewer mentions of civil rights leaders like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
On a 7-6 vote, the board added "causes and key organizations and individuals, " including Phyllis Schafly, the contract ON America, the ever present and always wingnut Heritage Foundation, the NRA, and the Moral Majority, to the students curriculum.
They also voted against requiring teachers to cover Ted Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Sotomaor, leading Hispanic civil rights groupls LULAC and MALDF. Fortunately Thurgood Marshall, the country's first Afriacan-American Supreme Court justice, will be taught. Whew! Thats a relief!
In addition, Sen. Joseph McCarthy will of course be reverred, because of his communist witch hunts in the 50's.
Oh and here is the best one, students will be required in U.S. History classes to distinguish between legal and illegal immigration. (considering, a good number of students attending schools in TX were born of illegally immigrated parents, this should be an outstanding history lesson.)
Way to go Texas! If you can't rewrite history, well then just present the issues you want to present to your students. No wonder people from Texas sound so ill-informed!
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