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Re: Patriot pile on



you have got to be kidding me about that "global view"! that school board
member should be hung out to dry! I'm sorry but any school board that
approaches the study of history that way needs to be replaced asap!!

Kristin Torgerson
Historic Saint Mary's City, Maryland.
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From: Luna, Donna <Donna.Luna@MMS.GOV>
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Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:35 PM
Subject: 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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