Since the school textbook publishers have given Texas this special opportunity, I sure hope they take advantage of it.
They have the ability to put America back on the right track by teaching American history the way it happened - not the way we wished it had happened or glossing over the parts we don't like or wished hadn't happened.
Already, they have decided that the dating will be "BC" and "AD" and no longer want to use this "common era" nonsense.
There has been much revisionist history written or espoused over the years. It's time that the late 18th century and early 19th century texts and sources were used to talk about how and why this country was founded. If it's the truth - as obtained from original documents, scholars, and hiostrians who focus on that era - we can take it. If there is a physical time constraint on how much can be taught, then give less emphasis to the 20th century -events closer to the present.
Because textbook compoanies say that Texas leads the way in what will be written and made available to school districts all across the country, this is a golden moment.
Young minds are so impressionable. They need to learn what happened in history as closely as it can be represented - and not someone's idea of what happened. A textbook is supposed to be factual. It is not a blog. It is not a commentary, It is not an op-ed.
Each teacher is still free to add their interpretation to the text, but it needs to start from a factual foundation and not a selective inclusion of people or events to suit any particular agenda.
I pray they understand the opportunity they have in their hands.
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