Category Archives: Education

Texas BOE Removes Jefferson From History Standard : Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Conservatives hate Thomas Jefferson. In Texas, they are removing his name from a list of the great minds that formed the basis of our nation.

In short, Republicans hate the Declaration of Independence.

More on their crazy rewriting of history.

Seriously, let these folks be as dumb as they want to be. We hate to stop them from poisoning our children’s minds, however.

The Rehabilitation Of Joseph McCarthy? Texas Textbooks Process Grinds On | TPMMuckraker

That bastard Don McLeroy may have lost his seat on the Texas State School Board, but there are still plenty of Talibangelical jackasses who want to destroy our education system.

These are the pricks who honestly think that Joe McCarthy is some kind of American hero. No, seriously.

These people have literally got to be stopped. Not in a lethal sense, but their point of view, their derangement, their flawed thinking and beliefs. Their disease has got to stop being taken seriously.

Yes, it starts with an election, but this is one in Rethug-ruled Texas. Even a possibly moderate Republican is going to have Luddite and Talibangelical tendencies, if not Tea Bag Traitor ones come re-election time.

We need our children educated, not fed fairy tales and lies. We want them to open their minds and not close their hearts. That’s what the Republicans want to give our people: hate, fear, ignorance. Never forget that.

Stay vigilant folks!

Hijacking History | The Texas Tribune

Here’s a measuring stick for you. You are an insane Tea Party Traitor bastard if you think Joe McCarthy is a hero and want to change the nation’s textbooks to say just that.

Sure, and I’m sure they were all for Hitler’s “population reduction” campaigns and book burnings, too. These thoughts of cultural suppression and hatred, religious zealotry, literal whitewashing of history, and Luddite denial of science needs to be challenged and stopped if we even plan to try to maintain our status as a great nation.

Gaps found in young people’s sex knowledge – CNN.com

Hmm, years of abstinence-only education and we suddenly just found out that kids know nothing about sex? Gee, I wonder why?

Face it, letting conservatives near education only results in dumb kids. That’s not bias, that is fact.

Be it fake science, slanted history, censored literature, or biology, there just isn’t any way you can get a decent education with Republicans around. Quit giving these illiterates the means to stunting the development of our children.

Meep!

I found this funny story today:

If you’re a Muppet lab assistant or a cartoon bird pursued by a hapless coyote, you are no longer welcome at Danvers High School in Massachusetts. Or, at least, you’d better keep your mouth shut if you visit, because the school’s principal seems to think that “meep” is murder. Or something like that.wired.com, GeekDad Parents, Kids and the Stuff We Obsess About, Nov 2009

You should read the whole article. Not to mention the ABC article on the subject.