It is actually official policy in the public schools and teacher colleges to not assimilate, and American history before the late 1900's mass migrations is nearly absent from education.
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I approve of Mr. Gittel's sentiment that America has a special being--or had, but it will not do to speak... [MORE]
Don Carlson
Jul 10, 2007 23:51
I wholeheartedly agree with your article. I am an American and consider myself patriotic. I love my country and yearn... [MORE]
John Homerick
Jul 10, 2007 23:27
It is actually official policy in the public schools and teacher colleges to not assimilate, and American history before the...
Mr. Schaper
Jul 10, 2007 16:03
I have met the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys, and they are us. [MORE]
Charles
Jul 10, 2007 16:02
There is a reason this nation was founded...to break from tyranny. As histroy progressed this nation welcomed the weak and... [MORE]
Jim McMullen
Jul 10, 2007 15:29
I like the take in this article, even though I believe we may have some different ideas. No problem with... [MORE]
Jan
Jul 10, 2007 14:20
I'm afraid we're much closer to an Imperial state ourselves than than a member of the Commonwealth. We build nations... [MORE]
Guy Divine
Jul 10, 2007 15:44
Jan (a previous commenter) said, "Why would our scholls require fewer languages than Greece, when we are the ones who... [MORE]