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Jnorth's avatar

Thank you Dan Rather. Tomorrow will be my first week of teaching for 25 years. These children are so excited to learn and open. I am blessed to be a teacher. It is hard work but so rewarding. I love what I do. I learn more from them every day. My classroom is a diverse group. Indian , Mexican , Korean , Japanese , Vietnamese, Filipino, Turkish and European. We together will become a family of life long learners.

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Linda McFee's avatar

I wonder how many understand the impact on schools all across America. There are only a few publishers of textbooks nationwide. When Texas or Florida presses for textbooks to omit uncomfortable truths about our history, they don’t publish books for just those states. They modify the books to be acceptable for all states. The pressure doesn’t come equally from states that want the books to include the full history. Over time, we get watered down history taught everywhere. Then we wonder how we have so many people who lack understanding or critical thinking skills.

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