Today I received a few of those emails that get a person SO MAD...like how could the law makers do such a thing?
The titles: "Eisenhower's Warning", and the general context of the emails I received were the same, but the photos, the wording and even the color of the fonts used were so different that I started to wonder if this was really true? I needed to find out for myself.
If it is true, we the common people need to make a lot of noise about it, and if not, let's all take a deep breath together."
The verdict??? Ummm... nothing to get upset about. Also, most of the articles I found were dated back in the spring of 2007, so this story is already a year old!
So, if you get an email with the subject Eisenhower's Warning, and want to read something not bouncing around the email rumor mill, read this article:
SNOPES.COM
I disagree with not teaching this just because it may offend someone or some group...so what! There are a lot of historical as well as current issues that offend some...again, so what! Teach it anyway as it is a part of history!
The issue here is that the UK Government did not remove the teaching of the Holocaust from it curriculum as the emails suggest, but there were incidents of schools and teachers refusing to teach it in some grades.
Here are three clips from related articles that I read.
- 'It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial...' (that would be the Muslims - ed.)
- 'The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework. The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.'
- 'A lack of factual knowledge among some teachers, particularly in primary schools, is also leading to “shallow” lessons on emotive and difficult subjects, according to the study by the Historical Association.' (you may have the teachers giving the students misinformation rather than providing the facts - ed.)
Did the Holocaust happen? Of course it did! Should we continue to remind ourselves of it and teach it to our children? Certainly, but remember, our children should also know about the Crusades fought between 1095 and 1272 or so, and also about the more than 50 million Christian martyrs in the dark ages who died for their non-Catholic Christian faith or convictions.
Well, back to my inbox!
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2 comments:
One of my biggest peeves these days is people getting offended because of something someone else says or does, or the way they think.
I say, keep it to yourself!
The fact is, there are certain things in history that have a lot of solid basis, and they are to be taught. If someone wants to deny them, that's fine, but it shouldn't prevent it from being taught. How many Christians are there who don't believe in evolution? Yet it is taught all the time, and very few seem offended over it.
People need to start getting a backbone and standing up for themselves and the way things are, not backing down simply because it "might" offend someone.
I agree....History should be taught.
Although it can be disturbing at times, it is still important for people to realize what has happened.
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