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EllieBC

(2,959 posts)
41. Oh bullshit.
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 04:27 PM
Sep 2020

There are only a handful of states that mandate holocaust education. And that’s for public schools.

The dangers and horrors of Fascism have become too distant in our history. Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #1
Just in time for fascism to make it's comeback. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #42
Hard & scary to believe this. We all studied this in school, a lot, and i went to school in NE FL. lark Sep 2020 #2
Once they buried civics and stopped teaching US History bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #3
The "how many killed" question had 6 possible answers plus 'not sure' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #4
Thanks for the info. appalachiablue Sep 2020 #6
the price we pay for home schooling , private schooling and the desired outcome of creating beachbumbob Sep 2020 #5
THIS is how republicans stay in control. not_the_one Sep 2020 #25
I disagree, GOP stays in control becasue their people vote in a much higher percentage beachbumbob Sep 2020 #34
Oh bullshit. EllieBC Sep 2020 #41
This is surprising how? lonely bird Sep 2020 #7
I find it surprising PatSeg Sep 2020 #12
Thank you! Movies, TV, books. betsuni Sep 2020 #27
One should be able to trip over information PatSeg Sep 2020 #40
I Ingersollman Sep 2020 #8
History is one of those subjects that is fraught with danger melm00se Sep 2020 #9
Very disturbing. The dumbing down of America. Wasn't that way when I attended public school. At all. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #10
Me either, but having dealt with young people for the past 30 years I can tell you redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #11
12 years ago I taught some college kids a lit course. Igel Sep 2020 #45
....... Hotler Sep 2020 #13
Schindler's List should be required viewing in COLGATE4 Sep 2020 #14
No, no frazzled Sep 2020 #16
when I was in junior high it was required viewing Javaman Sep 2020 #15
It is even more likely qwlauren35 Sep 2020 #17
That's "to the Americas." Igel Sep 2020 #46
We had to bring a signed form back to the school CountAllVotes Sep 2020 #18
Only 9 states require Holocaust instruction by law. Only 5 of the 9 include "shall" in their law. ancianita Sep 2020 #19
psst - only 34% of Americans have a college degree melm00se Sep 2020 #20
Oh, those? From VOA news? okay. My figures are from the US Census. ancianita Sep 2020 #21
OK, primary sources it is melm00se Sep 2020 #31
I'm forced to download your source to look it over. But notice that it's a report for 2019. ancianita Sep 2020 #37
A few comments then feel free to block me melm00se Sep 2020 #44
I hear you. ancianita Sep 2020 #47
OOPS. I just now reread my post. MY BAD. I meant the opposite and will edit it to show what I ancianita Sep 2020 #48
As you notice, 95% of reports only include percentages. Percentages of what populations, right? ancianita Sep 2020 #23
I don't think there's ever been a time when 80% of Americans had four-year degrees. llmart Sep 2020 #28
I hear you. ancianita Sep 2020 #30
Shameful. sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #22
I no longer assume that my young coworkers... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #24
Social Media is full of Antisemitic Trash JI7 Sep 2020 #26
Witness: Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #33
I'm a baby boomer. We all grew up with it in school history classes. And in my day we demigoddess Sep 2020 #29
This isn't really all that surprising to me. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #32
This action in No. Calif. is horrible, should be appalachiablue Sep 2020 #35
I posted it in GD. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #36
Great, glad you posted. Some of the reports I posted appalachiablue Sep 2020 #38
Sure it's bad news. But The Guardian does its ally no service in revealing its study to America ancianita Sep 2020 #39
Commonly cited reasons: Fewer schools now are required appalachiablue Sep 2020 #49
Thanks. The outlook on education improvement isn't good. ancianita Sep 2020 #52
I don't remember how WWII was taught in the 80s. Politicub Sep 2020 #43
After reading the result in detail Steelrolled Sep 2020 #50
"Schindler's List" CTyankee Sep 2020 #51
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