Post by hasset on Sept 5, 2009 20:41:03 GMT -6
Education is a mess in this country and it is getting worse. The people writing the books for schools are trying to satisfy everyone to be politically correct. It won't work.
"Even Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Crow", was flagged as sexist because a male fox flatters a female crow; to gain approval, the gender of the animals had to be changed."
I just heard on Fox News that a waitress has to be called a waitron so it can be a male or a female server. Women are not supposed to cook, sew or do anything that used to be called a women's chore. Who cares? A person is not being "put down" for doing women's work. I love women's work and I also am the one who does home repairs, changes the furnace filter, mows the yard and anything I want to do. My husband does housework and book keeping. We do each others' jobs when we want to.
www.powells.com/review/2004_10_03.html
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Diane Ravich
What is wrong with this crazy country? Our whole history has to be changed so that no one is offended. I AM OFFENDED and they sure haven't done a thing for me. I just want the truth about American history, Aesop's fables, old books and everything. Pandora's box is going to be open wide when all these silly changes cause everyone to find things to pick about. All these changes are going to make people start thinking that when they fail at something it is because of some form of prejudice that has been put on them. Pick, pick, pick!
My kids went to a parochial school and I saw no problems there but I think today they would be home schooled.
"Even Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Crow", was flagged as sexist because a male fox flatters a female crow; to gain approval, the gender of the animals had to be changed."
I just heard on Fox News that a waitress has to be called a waitron so it can be a male or a female server. Women are not supposed to cook, sew or do anything that used to be called a women's chore. Who cares? A person is not being "put down" for doing women's work. I love women's work and I also am the one who does home repairs, changes the furnace filter, mows the yard and anything I want to do. My husband does housework and book keeping. We do each others' jobs when we want to.
www.powells.com/review/2004_10_03.html
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Diane Ravich
What is wrong with this crazy country? Our whole history has to be changed so that no one is offended. I AM OFFENDED and they sure haven't done a thing for me. I just want the truth about American history, Aesop's fables, old books and everything. Pandora's box is going to be open wide when all these silly changes cause everyone to find things to pick about. All these changes are going to make people start thinking that when they fail at something it is because of some form of prejudice that has been put on them. Pick, pick, pick!
My kids went to a parochial school and I saw no problems there but I think today they would be home schooled.