Wow..Really?Texas cutting school curriculum, Jefferson apparently doesnt matter? Options

[CelicaST_CALI]

BBC link
Texas schools to get controversial syllabus


Texas' decisions could influence curriculums across the US

Education officials in the US state of Texas have adopted new guidelines to the school curriculum, which critics say will politicise teaching.

The changes include teaching that the UN could be a threat to American freedom, and that the Founding Fathers may not have intended a complete separation of church and state.

Critics say the changes are ideological and distort history.

However, proponents argue they are redressing a liberal bias in education.

Analysts say Texas, with five million schoolchildren, wields substantial influence on school curriculums across the US.

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in Los Angeles says publishers of textbooks used nationally often print what Texas wants to teach.
Jefferson out

Students in Texas will now be taught the benefits of US free-market economics and how government taxation can harm economic progress.

They will study how American ideals benefit the world but organisations such as the UN could be a threat to personal freedom.

And Thomas Jefferson has been dropped from a list of enlightenment thinkers in the world-history curriculum, despite being one of the Founding Fathers who is credited with developing the idea that church and state should be separate.

The doctrine has become a cornerstone of US government, but some religious groups and some members of the Texas Education Board disagree, our correspondent says.

The board, which is dominated by Christian conservatives, voted nine-to-five in favour of adopting the new curriculum for both primary and secondary schools.

But during the discussions some of the most controversial ideas were dropped - including a proposal to refer to the slave trade as the "Atlantic triangular trade".

Opponents of the changes worry that textbooks sold in other states will be written to comply with the new Texas standards, meaning that the alterations could have an impact on curriculums nationwide.

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: May 31, 2010 - 3:49 AM

[D-Man]

n/p. i know what you're saying.

Really i dont like the idea of combined church and state. Like Yarik i am not a religous person. But you'll have people do it to you all the time.

Old ladys will randomly say something about god; and how he's going to help you. lol

As far as government taxation, it can slow economics down. We all get our checks and say "awe~ i could have used that extra 300 here or there"

Myself for example, have somehow wound up paying in almost 1500 in march because of an error made in my corporate office having to do with my w2's. I still haven't recovered from that.

Then wen the govt is low on money like it is now~ We're up-ing the police force tocrack down and intinsifying punishments. No insurance = automatic arrest, suspended d/l AND you have to pay the ticket 3 times. (once a year) WHY? that's 5 ways of getting paid, that's why.

Govt is full of sh!t IMHO. So i dont disagree with that particular teaching.

This post has been edited by D-Man: May 31, 2010 - 6:54 PM