Monday, August 19, 2002

Pandagon provides us with the NEA lesson plan the Moonie Times and a bunch of Moonie gibber-gabberers are on about.

I assume this is the one they're particularly upset about, the one in which the article quotes it as saying '"discuss historical instances of American intolerance," so that the American public avoids "repeating terrible mistakes."'



Well, you be the judge. But, frankly, methinks the Moonie Minions are marching in lockstep again. Congrats guys!

"A lot of what's stated in these lesson plans are lies," said William S. Lind, director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative policy think tank. "None of what is mentioned in these plans are facts. It's an ultimate sin to now defend Western culture. It does not matter today whether a student learns any facts or any skills. What matters now is the attitude they come away with when they graduate school."
The critics also have trouble with schools teaching about Islam, specifically when teachers describe it as a "peaceful religion." Instead, they say, schools should warn children that the root of the problem lies in Islamic teaching.


Max is on this too.