tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post1517109999389799676..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Insanity at the Texas School BoardIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-40913435704959995402011-04-06T13:38:04.438-04:002011-04-06T13:38:04.438-04:00Yes human beings are a problem. That is why we hav...Yes human beings are a problem. That is why we have the historical method, which is not biased. For this reason my class is always less about history and more about method. There is little to be gained in of itself for my students to know that the Spartans fought at Thermopylae, but it can do them a world of good to learn how to critically read someone like Herodotus and apply the same tactics toIzgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-15557836717959481802011-04-06T11:38:29.527-04:002011-04-06T11:38:29.527-04:00After we perused a variety of historical sources t...After we perused a variety of historical sources that discuss the same events in wildly diverging ways, my students cried out in desperation, 'Are there any books on history that just tell the facts without bringing ideology into the mix?' Obviously, such a textbook cannot possibly exist.<br /><br />To have an objective reading of history, it isn't the government you need to remove Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-63074534982991368212010-03-15T07:08:57.420-04:002010-03-15T07:08:57.420-04:00"to require that history standards include by..."to require that history standards include by name the Tejanos who died in the fall of the Alamo"<br /><br />Clearly the teacher has to point them out by name. For that to mean anything we have to assume that the students will have to, in turn, know them by name.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-8428922777055320132010-03-15T01:16:40.621-04:002010-03-15T01:16:40.621-04:00I don't see where it says that the names of th...I don't see where it says that the names of the Tejanos have to be memorized. This Berlanga woman just wants the contribution of the Tejanos to be taught. Maybe by saying that Hispanics also fought at the Alamo. I don't think she's suggesting that kids be required to remember their individual names.Vox Populinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-3305481966148497002010-03-14T16:59:03.392-04:002010-03-14T16:59:03.392-04:00I too am disturbed by this, Izgad, and I'm a p...I too am disturbed by this, Izgad, and I'm a person still stewing with bitterness over how liberal my textbooks were in school! I think schools should teach various sides of issues. Will that always be done neutrally? No. But it will be better than the ideological indoctrination that both Left and Right are supporting on this board.James Patehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247799389009268470noreply@blogger.com