oh texas...

[cadragongirl]

so instead of doing my homework like a good little grad student, i took a break to see what interesting headlines are in the news today & found something that is quite frightening.  don't know how many people have heard, but texas has been working on a bunch of revisions to their history textbooks which have caused some controversy.  normally i

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[snowqueenofhoth]

I don't know what to say. In a less intelligent response: BAH, and BAH. *frowns*

Hah, becoming more Asian. Good work.

[satakieli]

Yeah. Religion is so obviously a necessary part of history curricula, the only thing I can say is that this is the state school board that recently decided to strike Thomas Jefferson from the curriculum, apparently because he originated the separation of church and state in the US.

Your mentioning the Puritans ticks a thought--I recently read The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell, and I think you might greatly enjoy it, too.