This is pretty funny.
I do think the American school system is screwing over students for life by not teaching history as it happened and instead presenting the USA as "amazing people who did amazing things." It ends up being more of a lesson in propaganda then an accurate portrayal of our country's history. We have had some super bigoted and heartless people in power who have made terrible decisions that hurt our nations people, or even destroyed other countries/peoples. Teaching only one side of these people in history, leaving out the how our actions as a country adversely affected others, and teaching children/teenagers that America is amazing and great and perfect/better then others is not only inaccurate, Its wrong.
Yes, there are some people who did amazing things in our history. But learning that America and it's leaders have made mistakes doesn't diminish us now. Students need to learn the bad to appreciate the good.
At my school, we learned about slaves in America for 4 years by the time we reached high school. (it's elementary and middle school) Teaching only the oppressed/losing side has it's issues as well. If you never learn about great leaders and terrible, but popular ones, it will be harder to see through presidential candidates' bs. So far, at my school I have learned about all the terrible, horrible, things that America has done. We have yet to learn about WWII or how America was made to provide a free country. Before we go into the whole "NSA" business, which I agree is bad, there are countries where people cannot speak against their government without facing consequences. Though I agree that the USA has many things to improve on, the fact that we can criticize it means that Americans are freer than many, many other people. Peace out
I do think the American school system is screwing over students for life by not teaching history as it happened and instead presenting the USA as "amazing people who did amazing things." It ends up being more of a lesson in propaganda then an accurate portrayal of our country's history. We have had some super bigoted and heartless people in power who have made terrible decisions that hurt our nations people, or even destroyed other countries/peoples. Teaching only one side of these people in history, leaving out the how our actions as a country adversely affected others, and teaching children/teenagers that America is amazing and great and perfect/better then others is not only inaccurate, Its wrong.
Yes, there are some people who did amazing things in our history. But learning that America and it's leaders have made mistakes doesn't diminish us now. Students need to learn the bad to appreciate the good.