kramwest1
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Rand Paul?
I can't get past the hair.
I can't get past the hair.
Just look at the teaching of creationism in US schools (and the revisions to the Texas curriculum) to see why national standards are necessary.
Do you ever just answer a question?
I think there should be some kind of checks and balances and regulations. Some sort of standard, otherwise you'll be able to teach YOUR version of history, YOUR version of political science, etc...
And I don't want you teaching my children YOUR version.
Don't worry.
Your children are not getting my version of history. I don't have a personal version of history.
I do think our children are getting a biased PC version of history.
I teach in a middle school and when I send a student to the library to find a book on a famous American from history 9 out of 10 will come back with a book on Harriet Tubman.
No problem with Harriet Tubman, but this is all they are getting drilled on in the elementary schools.
They are not being taught the whole story.
Historically with Creation "Science" and the more recent Intelligent Design cases, they have been overturned in the courts because they are unconstitutional.So creationism is being taught in U.S. schools?
That's news to me.
I was thinking the opposite.
I've seen your posts and I know you have a personal version of history.
The thing about history is that there will never be any truly accurate telling of history, this I understand. When the story of the year 2010 is told to my grandkids even it will not be completely accurate despite the vast amount of documentation. That's just human nature.
But you have to be careful about picking and choosing.
I have no idea what a PC version of history even means... I think it's just a catch phrase for those that don't like when history isn't told their way.
So because they choose Tubman, they don't know the whole story? This makes absolutely no sense.
Long story short. Rand Paul is a moron for his stance on the DOE.
Here's the crux of Paul's argument, from ThinkProgress:
"I think times of crisis is when we have to worry the most about things. You know, Rahm Emanuel, who's chief adviser to President Obama, said 'let no good crisis go past without allowing government to grow, these are our chances for government to grow stronger and for more security at the expense of liberty.'