Oh yes, I agree. My students were able to absorb a lot and, actually, kids have a very sensitive crap detector that enables them to quickly recognize when they are being patronized. They are also entering the higher stages of moral development. Nonetheless, history contains a disturbing and largely uninterrupted thread of cruelty and viciousness that I, admittedly, softened.
Oh yes, I agree. My students were able to absorb a lot and, actually, kids have a very sensitive crap detector that enables them to quickly recognize when they are being patronized. They are also entering the higher stages of moral development. Nonetheless, history contains a disturbing and largely uninterrupted thread of cruelty and viciousness that I, admittedly, softened.
When I look back on myself as a high school student, I think my adult life and understandings, even voting, would have been better served by being taught the truth of our American ways. But it is helpful to hear from the teachers about why they may have done what they did.
Oh yes, I agree. My students were able to absorb a lot and, actually, kids have a very sensitive crap detector that enables them to quickly recognize when they are being patronized. They are also entering the higher stages of moral development. Nonetheless, history contains a disturbing and largely uninterrupted thread of cruelty and viciousness that I, admittedly, softened.
When I look back on myself as a high school student, I think my adult life and understandings, even voting, would have been better served by being taught the truth of our American ways. But it is helpful to hear from the teachers about why they may have done what they did.