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.
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?
I just meant in principle, not that they should fact-check every line of every textbook. It would be more like a head's up.
I just realized why I even care about this: I'm still mad from first grade or whenever it was we learned subtraction, and they told me that if I had written (say) 2-5, I must have written it wrong. Just tell me I'll learn how to do that later! Not that it's impossible!!!1!-1!!
At least you didn't have a nun telling you that if you erased, angels would tell her you did and you'd fail.
t still not over Sister Patricia - shudder
is very, very glad she did not have Sister Patricia as a teacher
HMOG. I had some wacky teachers, but none like THAT! Why did god put erasers right there on the ends of pencils if we're not supposed to use them??
At least you didn't have a nun telling you that if you erased, angels would tell her you did and you'd fail.
Oh, no.
Also? I adore your tag, GC.
(for posterity)
Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope - Onion headline
