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Porcelain_Doll · 24-07-2007, 07:04 PM

Schools drop Holocaust lessons fearing offence

My Dad just sent this to me. I can understand what the teachers mean, most of my teachers felt (and still feel) uncomfortable discussing the Holocaust and Auschwitz with me in the class.

But that's precisely it, children should learn about these horrors, know what happened. Knowledge is power, ignorance equals stupidity; for God's sakes, Socrates said it!

We don't hush about the Spanish Conquistadors and their Mayan and Aztech genocide. We don't skip the Vietnam Wars or the Russian Revolution. This. is. History.
And people should learn it.

24-07-2007, 07:04 PM	#1
Porcelain_Doll little-miss-smut-for-brains Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: River of Painted Birds Posts: 1,429	Taking politeness a little too far... Schools drop Holocaust lessons fearing offence My Dad just sent this to me. I can understand what the teachers mean, most of my teachers felt (and still feel) uncomfortable discussing the Holocaust and Auschwitz with me in the class. But that's precisely it, children should learn about these horrors, know what happened. Knowledge is power, ignorance equals stupidity; for God's sakes, Socrates said it! We don't hush about the Spanish Conquistadors and their Mayan and Aztech genocide. We don't skip the Vietnam Wars or the Russian Revolution. This. is. History. And people should learn it. __________________ "There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense." Elizabeth Bennet musings and ramblings, aka: my blog