You’re going to a shitty school if they don’t cover this. We went over a part of it at least once a year. It’s it’s a you problem if you don’t know this by the time your done.
I remember my 4th grade teacher having us read one page about the Daughters of the Confederacy, the teacher briefly discussing the struggles of former slave-owners, and skipping the rest of the chapter on slavery due to “not having enough time.” IIRC, even the textbook painted the Daughters of the Confederacy in a positive, or at least neutral light.
I remember my 7th grade health teacher showing us a Christian anti-masturbation video for our sex-ed requirement. This was a rural public school in a northern state. Only other option was a private Catholic school, but my family wasn’t Catholic, and my family wouldn’t have been able to afford to send me there if they wanted to.
I don’t think I even knew about the trail of tears until the middle of high school; and definitely didn’t learn about the motivation for hunting Buffalo to extinction.
a majority of states wouldn’t teach this if they could and there in lies the problem; if 2/3rds of all schools are shitty, then that is what’s normal and you’re going to have to live, work, vote & die along side people with that education.
But… This could make some white children uncomfortable! So we probably shouldn’t mention it in the history books.
You’re going to a shitty school if they don’t cover this. We went over a part of it at least once a year. It’s it’s a you problem if you don’t know this by the time your done.
I remember my 4th grade teacher having us read one page about the Daughters of the Confederacy, the teacher briefly discussing the struggles of former slave-owners, and skipping the rest of the chapter on slavery due to “not having enough time.” IIRC, even the textbook painted the Daughters of the Confederacy in a positive, or at least neutral light.
I remember my 7th grade health teacher showing us a Christian anti-masturbation video for our sex-ed requirement. This was a rural public school in a northern state. Only other option was a private Catholic school, but my family wasn’t Catholic, and my family wouldn’t have been able to afford to send me there if they wanted to.
I don’t think I even knew about the trail of tears until the middle of high school; and definitely didn’t learn about the motivation for hunting Buffalo to extinction.
I don’t remember voting on the curriculum last time I was in school.
I can now though, so thank you for telling me about this. It definitely should have been included.
You’re not from Florida, Louisiana, or Texas then.
a majority of states wouldn’t teach this if they could and there in lies the problem; if 2/3rds of all schools are shitty, then that is what’s normal and you’re going to have to live, work, vote & die along side people with that education.