Technocratic_Utilitarian said:
ANd then we can all publish books conservatives don't like and whine about as biased! Yah!
In a nutshell you stated the problem with the current compulsory public
education system. Too many teachers put a :spin: on whatever subject(s)
they teach rather than teach facts.
I applaud you for picking history as a major. I believe you will be disappointed
(or maybe not?) when you arrive in the classroom. You will be forced through
federal edict to teach social history, essentially sociology, versus fact-based
history. Sadly many high school graduates can't pick the founders out of
a bust or pictorial line-up. Too many kids are no longer expected to recite
the Gettysburg Address, memorize the chronology of Presidents, recite the
preamble to the Constitution or memorize the basic precepts of the first
ten amendments (Bill of Rights). It's sad. I hope you can change things for
the better.
Of course, who's to say you'll teach US History? Presumptuous of me,
sorry.
Good luck.