Re: Rewriting History ...
United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination" rewrites the Constitution of the United States. The high school textbook contains a summary of each Amendment that alters the actual initial intent -- It quotes the Second Amendment as, "The people have a right to keep and bear arms in a state militia." When the actual amendment states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
A parent of a fifth grader in Texas bought to light another abuse when she objected to a test question following the viewing of a film entitled, Remembering September 11th, which read,
Why might the United States be a target for terrorism? The correct answer was Decisions we made in the United States have had negative effects on people elsewhere.
Since when did it become acceptable to teach children that we caused the attack on 9/11? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3003231/posts
A Massachusetts public school principal, Anne Foley, banned celebrations of Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, labeling them
American atrocities parading as historical holidays. She also forbid children to dress up for Halloween. Massachusetts Principal Takes Aim at Fall Holidays, Says Theyre Insensitive