Saturday, August 4, 2007

It's Alive!!


As an educator, I am concerned about what teachers are teaching students about history. To me, history is a very very important subject. However, I fear that most teachers do not remember the Alamo.

Here are some of the important historical events and how I fear they are going to be watered down and PC’d up:

The Spanish Inquisition was a popular game show of the day.

The Donner Party was a big family birthday celebration.

Custer’s Last Stand was the final lemonade stand that George Custer ran.

Pearl Harbor was a jewelry store.

The 95 Theses was Martin Luther’s late college paper that he pinned to the church’s door to avoid a late grade.

Attila the Hun was a nickname from his wife.

Sherman’s March to the Sea was a series of fundraising band gigs to pay for new uniforms.

Boss Tweed and Tamany Hall was a 70’s singing duo.

The Battle of the Bulge was an episode of Oprah.

This is why I feel it is so important to keep history alive. That’s reason number 5 that I have begun a series of tests to reanimate the long lifeless body of John Paul Jones.

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