11-29-2009, 01:37 AM
Harold Wrote:http://www.op97.k12.il.us/mcrc/SB-Nov07.pdf Why don't you feast your eyes on this interesting reading, frankzilch. Scroll down towards the bottom and take special note of the ideas offered to get young minority kids to read. It's no wonder that test scores continue to fall for our 4th and 8th grade kids. I don't feel any shame towards my country's history as you apparently do. I guess, teaching children half-truths and lies is your idea of a solid K-8 educational curriculum. People with your ultra-liberal philosophy make me fear for our future.And your intolerance of viewpoints other than your own make me equally fearful of our future. Your desire to not teach children lies and half truths is a noble one with one exception.... you first have to be willing to know what the truth is. Maybe those Puritans and you have a lot in common. Too bad you can't go back in time 375 years, huh?
Oh, by the way, you should, in the interest of honesty, at least on occasion, feel shame toward your country. If you think this country has done or can do no harm then you are suffering from a disconnect from reality and are insane. Don't get me wrong. I love this country, or more correctly the country created by the founders, but I distrust the government. This country today is a far cry from what the founders intended.