I was reading an article in the Springfield News Leader, a paper in Missouri, on a local politician’s crack-down on “Critical Race Theory.” It was the usual gobble-dee-gook on local school boards, “patriotic education,” and censorship in schools. This line in the story caught my eye:
“Lawmakers raised concern that some aspects of U.S. history, such as…the era before Reconstruction, were not adequately addressed at the high-school level.”
“The era before Reconstruction”? In the old days we called that the Civil War.
I guess my work is done if Reconstruction is now more famous than the Civil War.
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“Lawmakers raised concern that some aspects of U.S. history, such as…the era before Reconstruction, were not adequately addressed at the high-school level.”
“The era before Reconstruction”? In the old days we called that the Civil War.
I guess my work is done if Reconstruction is now more famous than the Civil War.
Chuckle of the day. Good one, Pat!
Thanks Mary.