Not establishing a national language has really worked out well for Canada hasn't it?
Canada has two official languages. You might want to look them up.
I suppose you wouldn't be opposed to some Canadian students being taught that they should overthrow the government?
What a loaded question.
My country doesn't teach such things in school; nor does yours, for that matter.
Do they have different history classes for French-Canadian history and English-Canadian history in high schools there?
No, they teach one history, but we are taught about the forced resettlement of the French by the English and the thousands of deaths involved; we are taught about the arrival of the colonists and how they used, abused, and then tossed the aboriginals of this land. We were taught that the "New World" was actually a very, very old world. We were also taught about all the other wonderful things that Canada has accomplished since its inception.
But none of that changes the fact that we are now Canada and trying to do our best. Teaching the honest
facts of history is nothing to be ashamed of, and I don't see how covering it up helps anybody. If your country did something, it has been written down; if it has been written down, it can and
should be learned.
The Republican party of Arizona is wrong in this case. First of all, if it happened in history, then you shouldn't be censoring it; secondly, if the truth of what happened is being taught, that is not teaching insurrection, that is teaching the
facts; third, the Republican party has no business telling university students what they can and cannot learn in a curriculum that
students paid tuition and elected to enroll in.
How dare they censor history and tell such big lies about what goes on in the classroom. How dare they mix momentary illegal immigration politics with academia, as if they know better.
But what can you expect from fake conservatives? They cry out anytime the Democrats sneeze. They carte blanche bipartisan efforts with mudslinging and filibusters; but the second that someone in their party has a draconian idea that will involve expansion of government, conservatives are
right on board.
And for the record, if the Democrats did this I would be equally against it.
I agree with Arch Enemy (a conservative). The college system is one of the last bastions of protected knowledge. It has peer reviewed journals that try their best to maintain the facts and an accurate knowledge of the various topics of study. How dare the government, a bunch of pseudo-historians who think their revisionism has any ounce of credibility, shove their noses into the books.
If I want to take a course on native studies and the history of the Indians pre and post colonization, or if I want to learn American history from the perspective of its dealings in Latin America, that is my own god damn business and none of yours. It's called
specialization. Just because someone is getting a history degree doesn't mean they are learning all the history of all time. Some people have keener interests. How dare you or anyone tell them what they can or can't learn, or how it can or cannot be taught at the post-secondary level. That is the school admin's job. If you don't like their curriculum, then
don't go to their school.
This law is the most irrational piece of sh** I have heard in the news since the health bill.
Liberals and conservatives, suck it up. You deserve each other. I have no sympathy for either of you anymore.