Discussion: Original Okla. AP History Bill Included Disputed Mecklenburg Declaration

system1 · February 18, 2015, 5:45pm

Discussion for article #233389

thedebunkifier · February 18, 2015, 6:02pm

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Benjamin Franklin

enon · February 18, 2015, 6:06pm

what if a student chooses to read a speech by a democratic president… will they be sent to detention/suspended?

weatherservo9 · February 18, 2015, 6:07pm

Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?

austin_dave · February 18, 2015, 6:09pm

Every time I read about the Tea Party mind control pedagogy, I keep thinking about how well this “non-critical” approach worked in the USSR.

cincypix · February 18, 2015, 6:11pm

what if a student chooses to read a speech by a democratic president… will they be sent to detention/suspended?

Expulsion. Zero tolerance for ‘treason’.

And that’s “democrat president”. All lower case.

chadingo · February 18, 2015, 6:14pm

OK is NoK. Fallin, failing, fallen (to conjugate the state of the state).

sweetdee · February 18, 2015, 6:18pm

So made up history is fine, actual history is biased. It’s not surprising though. The pushing this bill clearly only view a version of history that makes them always the righteous.

sniffit · February 18, 2015, 6:26pm

Note to Teatrolls: History is not a creative writing class or a study in convenient mythology, nor is it the vehicle for indoctrinating a new generation of conservatives.

History was and is facts. Period. You don’t get to move on to the “analysis” portion until you’ve nailed down what you’re analyzing. Apparently, the RWNJs in this country think you start with the analysis portion and then backfill the facts, fabricating and molesting them as necessary, to have your analysis come out right.

buckguy · February 18, 2015, 6:28pm

Note to self–don’t raise children in Oklahoma.

brooklynmichael · February 18, 2015, 6:29pm

I think teaching a speech from W is a great idea. As a cautionary example, of course…

llcisyouandme · February 18, 2015, 6:36pm

I was wondering which of W’s got used. Perhaps one of the succinct, erroneous ones, built on lies and the blood of others, would be most appropriate. “Mission Accomplished.”

doremus_jessup · February 18, 2015, 6:38pm

But Syfert, as well as a few historians and writers, believe “the consensus view that the story is a hoax has begun to crumble.”

Winning!

wrightwingnut · February 18, 2015, 6:38pm

More made-up-shit from the False Nooze crowd.

anouthouse · February 18, 2015, 6:43pm

According to the Supreme Court, if you believe it exists then it does.

llcisyouandme · February 18, 2015, 6:43pm

“I believe that others may believe.” What more could you ask for as documentation?

jaybeeraybee · February 18, 2015, 6:43pm

Listing specific documents to read in a piece of legislation. Sounds like the Republicans have given up on local control for education?

theghostofeustacetilley · February 18, 2015, 6:43pm

GOd MAde everYthing INcluding HISTory SO reaD the 10 COmmandments whICh he creaTed after history, LIbtards.

footballbat · February 18, 2015, 6:44pm

This is so troubling. First they homeschooled and I turned my head because I didn’t want my kid exposed to those weirdos anyway. Now they’re coming for my kids through the curriculum. I should have spoke up years earlier.

c6Logic · February 18, 2015, 6:47pm

Fisher! Fisher! Fisher! The Gospel according to Fisher! All the world voted and elected Fisher the Pope of US History. He alone knows what is important and relevant for children to study. All professional and dilettante US Historians go home, the position has been filled by Fisher, the new Emperor of Oklahoma.