You have NO idea how amusing this is to me personally-- my DD's APUSH teacher was a foaming ******* (maybe ********-- hard to say for sure)-- to the point that she argued with my DD over the definitions of "socialism" and "communism" both being the same thing in practical terms, etc. etc.
We came to regard this as a "learning opportunity" for my DD to learn to aim her work at her intended audience. Mission accomplished, by the way. DD had quite a good time writing on the subject of the Red Scare and the Wobblies, and then again with McCarthy and HUAC. (misunderstood, bad, a noble figure in American history, and largely maligned by The Left, incidentally).
She had more trouble knowing where to aim LBJ and stuck with international affairs and Vietnam.
DD found the entire thing both sad and deeply amusing. Which is good, because it so easily could have gone the other way with her. In any event, she had about zero respect for the academic integrity of the course when the teacher was continuously stating that the "Textbook is full of half-truths and entirely too much sympathy for non-****** ideals." (So far as DD and I could tell, not so much.)
I can certainly see how a curriculum committee stacked with people like that teacher could opt out of APUSH.
I'm sorry, knute. This really sucks for students. This is a good course for teaching reading and analysis skills, and note-taking.
Last edited by Lewis; 09/22/14 08:56 AM.
