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Date Posted: 21:08:05 03/06/06 Mon
Author: light
Subject: Re: thanks for the new Nazi Youth
In reply to: GarlicSoul 's message, "thanks for the new Nazi Youth" on 11:13:17 03/03/06 Fri

BTW I finally noticed that it was a geography class, not history, that this hoopla is about. Does that make a difference? probably not.

I'm very glad I didn't have to count on geography classes to develop my critical reasoning. Actually I don't think I ever even took a geography class. Maybe if I did I might have learned to distinguish the 'I' states.

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[> Re: thanks for the new Nazi Youth -- 23, 11:16:59 03/07/06 Tue [1]

"Amadaun and Twan, my position has nothing to do with the mental maturity or intelligence of HS-age people. It has to do with having a solid base of knowedge about situations before having to draw or listen to conclusions about them by the person who is in charge of presenting that knowledge."

I can see what you're saying, but I still don't know how you address most of the major occurrences in world history without talking about human rights. Hell, I guess the teacher could talk about human rights without saying that they're a good thing, but that's just kind of silly, isn't it?

Wouldn't any good discussion of capitalism in the modern world have to include the negatives? If you're teaching about feudal England in the 1200s, it's beyond silly to discuss it without discussing the pros and cons for those living under such a system. Kings and Lords and whatnot had it made, everyone else was pretty much screwed. Any meaningful discussion of any sort regarding any kind of world events MUST address how those events affect human beings, right? Otherwise, what's the point?

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