The problem here is that students are being made to read a biography of the President?
I agree it's not something I'd put on the curriculum, and my view of nationalism is roughly Tom Lehrer's. But presidential hagiography (including that of sitting presidents) has been standard fare more or less forever in US elementary education.
Is there something different about this, in particular?
-Jester
Umm, excuse me. I have never before this, heard of any students be REQUIRED to read the biography of a sitting president. At least not in this country. Of course the press and the teacher unions have never been as far up a sitting president's ass either.
I agree it's not something I'd put on the curriculum, and my view of nationalism is roughly Tom Lehrer's. But presidential hagiography (including that of sitting presidents) has been standard fare more or less forever in US elementary education.
Is there something different about this, in particular?
-Jester
Umm, excuse me. I have never before this, heard of any students be REQUIRED to read the biography of a sitting president. At least not in this country. Of course the press and the teacher unions have never been as far up a sitting president's ass either.