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Originally Posted by coberst
Observation and judgment based upon being father of 5 and grandfather of 7 plus 4 years of posting on these Internet forums. Posting on the Internet has been especially an eye opener.
I must also include reading papers and magazines and books. I am now reading "The Closing of the American Mind" by Allan Bloom. Just a few days ago Niame Wolf wrote an article for the op-ed page of the Washington Post complaining about the lack of eduction in civics and history in the upcoming generation.
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Which begs the question: Have you questioned the reports you quote? What evidence do they have to support their view? Do they "have an axe to grind"? What is their background? What have civics and history been replaced by in the curriculum? Is it more or less "rote learning"?
There's always another side to an argument. What is it? What evidence do the proponents of that argument have to support their view?
There are people who make a living out of "knocking the status quo", in whatever field they chose. Just because something is in print, that doesn't make it authoritative, or true.
