Emily, I see nothing wrong with explaning that books are fallable.

Yeah, me neither, and I guess we can use this (and I think we may get extra brownie points for noticing the WRONG WRONG WRONGNESS of it). And I'm all about teaching students to really question the author and potential biases and all that (like the text's treatment of the Proclamation of 1763, which is correct but omits relevant information); but when a history textbook gets a historical fact wrong, I (as a hypothetical student) would think, "well, why should I even do the assigned reading from this book if I can't count on it?"

What's the guy's resumé look like?

Born and raised in The Congo. Great guy. Came to the States in 1996. He is the Loading Dock Manager at my building. Majored in International Business in school. Pretty sure he finished. And GORGEOUS.

Gud's spring pictures are fantastic. And the children adorable.

Oz - that is a cute, cute, cute puppy. Oh, my.

Happy Birthday to beth and to Beej!!

It warm and sunny here. Dogs are barking, birds are chirping, children are... well, sort of having meltdowns, it sounds like. Still. Spring is good.

Took my niece to the park yesterday. You know what's still fun? Swinging on a swing. Extremely fun.

Born and raised in The Congo

I am all about the formerly French cultures. Sign him up!

I'll get to work on it.

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but when a history textbook gets a historical fact wrong, I (as a hypothetical student) would think, "well, why should I even do the assigned reading from this book if I can't count on it?"

That's your job as a teacher -- to teach kids that every book is going to have wrong/biased/missing stuff, and that's why they need to read more than one book.

How else are they going to learn the moon landing was faked?

This is what I'm saying.

That's your job as a teacher -- to teach kids that every book is going to have wrong/biased/missing stuff, and that's why they need to read more than one book.

Is that really going to work, though? I mean, in college, or even if it's something they're doing a report on, sure, but every week for homework in their social studies class?

Eh, it's not like they meant to get it wrong, and I assume they probably corrected it in later editions. It's particularly bothersome because it not just gets it wrong, it makes a point with it. Anyway, I suppose such a teacher would be familiar enough with the material to know when there's a problem with the text.

Fortunately, I'm not gonna teach history. Thank God.