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Re: Patriot pile on



Sheri Kiaukaras' experience was echo'd by that of a friend, who took her
newly acquired 17-year-old-at-the-time stepdaughter to see the movie
"Gettysberg."  Halfway through the movie, the stepdaughter leaned over and
asked "Who won?"  My friend at first thought she was asking about the battle
- she was actually asking about the Civil War.  Seems that the local school
district - in a far-from-disadvantaged Virginia city - didn't teach its
students anything about the Civil War.  (Excuse me, wasn't Virginia part of
the action at that time?)  Ironically, she related this story to me in front
of one of the local school board members, who went into some song and dance
about how the district was focusing on giving its students a GLOBAL view of
history (as if the Civil War hadn't had any international impacts).

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