Upon discussing my decision to homeschool my girls with family and friends, one of the biggest elements I emphasized was my desire for my kids to know history; not Social Studies. HISTORY. No one seemed to deny the fact that we have been raising children with little to no understanding of their place in the world but I did have one friend tell me that she did not want the school system "wasting time" teaching history. She said that the job of the schools was to get the kids into college and into well-paying jobs and, if she wanted them to know something about our past, she'd take them on vacation to Williamsburg. Yup. That's what she said.
So here's just one of any number of reasons why I am opposed to this type of thinking: There is nothing new under the sun. Humans are humans are humans. Different times, different places, different clothes, different faces. But the same themes of greed, corruption, consumption, domination, annihilation have clouded over us from the beginning of time. Same sinners, different century. Creepy and sad.
READ THE SHORT ARTICLE ON PLATO'S REPUBLIC and the CURRENT ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE HERE
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