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Re: Hundreds of Colorado students protest history curriculum
Here's what the cons on the school board wanted:
That last part is what you quoted. So the American revolution was wrong then. So Lincoln should have just allowed the south to sucede. So, millions in the streets to stop the Vietnam war (who turned out to be right) was a bad idea; 50,000 more to "stop commuhnissam!!" would have been the right move.
And where do American history educational material say that, "That setting fire to homes and busineses to protest against the actions of a police officer shouldn't be taught as acceptable behavior"? And what cop are you talking about?
The right way and the wrong way to expres diagreement; wow, we owe England a huuuuge apology.
Where in the curicculum does it say that? Got a page reference?
They never said that protests are wrong or should not be condoned... They said that school shouldn't "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strike or disregard of the law."
Translated, that means that breaking store front windows to protest tax breaks for the rich shouldn't be encouraged... That setting fire to homes and busineses to protest against the actions of a police officer shouldn't be taught as acceptable behavior... That denying someone their right to speak at a public event, because you may not agree with what they are saying, isn't keeping with the principals that this nation was founded upon.
There is a right way and a wrong way to express disagreement and they obviously want to make sure that schools are teaching children the correct way to express grievances, and not promoting acts of violence and lawlessness.
Here's what the cons on the school board wanted:
The school board proposal that triggered the walkouts in Jefferson County calls of instructional materials that present positive aspects of the nation and its heritage. It would establish a committee to regularly review texts and course plans, starting with Advanced Placement history, to make sure materials "promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights" and don't "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strike or disregard of the law."
That last part is what you quoted. So the American revolution was wrong then. So Lincoln should have just allowed the south to sucede. So, millions in the streets to stop the Vietnam war (who turned out to be right) was a bad idea; 50,000 more to "stop commuhnissam!!" would have been the right move.
And where do American history educational material say that, "That setting fire to homes and busineses to protest against the actions of a police officer shouldn't be taught as acceptable behavior"? And what cop are you talking about?
The right way and the wrong way to expres diagreement; wow, we owe England a huuuuge apology.
They said that school shouldn't "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strike or disregard of the law."
Where in the curicculum does it say that? Got a page reference?