I am positively speechless
Dec. 4th, 2003 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockTeacher sues over limits on history curriculum
A seventh-grade social studies teacher in Presque Isle who said he was barred from teaching about non-Christian civilizations has sued his school district, claiming it violated his First Amendment right of free expression...
Cole alleged that complaints by "a small group of fundamentalist Christian individuals" led to the creation of a curriculum "which never mentions religions other than Christianity and never teaches the history of civilizations other than Christian civilizations.",,
"How can you explain the evolution of democracy in the Western world without talking about ancient Greece? He can't talk about all the influences of the Indian, Japanese or Chinese cultures."
Superintendent Gehrig Johnson said on Tuesday that he had not seen the lawsuit, but he noted that the curriculum has been "developed by teachers across the district and adopted by the SAD 1 School Committee."
"Teachers are expected to follow the curriculum," he added.
I feel like I should have some pithy response but all I can come up with is, "And they say California is wacky?"
A seventh-grade social studies teacher in Presque Isle who said he was barred from teaching about non-Christian civilizations has sued his school district, claiming it violated his First Amendment right of free expression...
Cole alleged that complaints by "a small group of fundamentalist Christian individuals" led to the creation of a curriculum "which never mentions religions other than Christianity and never teaches the history of civilizations other than Christian civilizations.",,
"How can you explain the evolution of democracy in the Western world without talking about ancient Greece? He can't talk about all the influences of the Indian, Japanese or Chinese cultures."
Superintendent Gehrig Johnson said on Tuesday that he had not seen the lawsuit, but he noted that the curriculum has been "developed by teachers across the district and adopted by the SAD 1 School Committee."
"Teachers are expected to follow the curriculum," he added.
I feel like I should have some pithy response but all I can come up with is, "And they say California is wacky?"
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Date: 2003-12-04 10:52 am (UTC)What happens when these kids start learning about World War II and the Holocaust? Why were all those people killed? Because they didn't worship the same God. What about the Salem Witch Trials? Again, not the same God. Why did the fucking pilgrims leave England? Religious freedom.
Holy FUCK. I was going to be a teacher at one point. That isn't education. That's ... UGH! That's so beyond not right that I don't have words for what it is.
Fundies need some good deep dickin'.
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Date: 2003-12-04 10:59 am (UTC)Brother, you are so right.