last Thursday on block we all participated in a Socratic cirlce. what we discussed was how Texas wanted to change the content in their history books in order to depict a more conservative view of history. this was achieved by deleting parts of the text that did not favor white conservative views. in other words minorties were put down and given smaller roles in the text book. to me this is not an outrage by any means but just how life is. i dont want to take sides and say what is wrote in the text books are wrong but i do have to say that we cant just focus on the views of white conservatives. other people need to have a voice. this is Amercia after all.
Another point i want to make about what was said and about what Dominguez wrote on his blog is that the messaged portrayed about his from the teacher might be more important than what the actual book has to say about the subject. i would say that kids listen to what they are tought by their instructor more than what a text book may say. also, the pupil is not limited to what the teacher and the book are saying. there are no rules outlining students to only learn from teachers and books. students can find out information on their own if they want.