Scientifically Wrong, But Politically Correct
Sorry, haven't posted in a while. Had to take care of some personal stuff... but I am back... so let's start off with some controversial topics... how about this.
Scientifically Wrong, But Politically Correct
Friday, May 13, 2005
By Joanne Jacobs
Science textbooks are riddled with junk science, but they're always politically correct, writes
Pamela Winnick in the Weekly Standard.
Thus, a chapter on climate in a fifth-grade science textbook in the
Discovery Works series, published by Houghton Mifflin (2000), opens with a
Native American explanation for the changing seasons: "Crow moon is the name
given to spring because that is when the crows return. April is the month of
Sprouting Grass Moon." Students meander through three pages of Algonquin lore
before they learn that climate is affected by the rotation and tilt of Earth —
not by the return of the crows.
posted by John @ 9:26 PM
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You won't get any argument from me that we teach our kids a whole lot of nonsense. I don't know if it's a "politically correct" conspiracy though.
I remember reading a book as a kid that told the story of Abe Lincoln. It described a guy who even as a child was determined to get rid of slavery, when anyone who has studied history knows that the emancipation proclamation was much more about preserving the union than anything else.
How about the story of heroic Christopher Columbus "discovering" America, when in reality he was out for profit and was very violent towards the Indians who weren't too thrilled about converting to Christianity. He even enslaved the natives!
We need to tell our kids the truth! They're not stupid, and don't need fairy tales about historical figures.
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