The reason history repeats itself is that historians repeat each other. I don`t know to whom that quote should be attributed, but he or she hit the nail squarely and fairly. I`d like to see the genocide practised on Native North Americans receive more than a footnote in high school texts. (That with reference to the Beotucks in Newfoundland, also.) Way too much history is ``White``washed`. I didn`t buy it as a student, and I didn`t buy it as a teacher. Equally, I would like to see Black history replete with instances of the genocide practised by Black tribal groups on each other. I would like to see the myth of scalping as being a European introduction when in fact Native peoples had been doing it prior to the arrival of Europeans. Basically, I`m tired of reading bullshit history. However, when I suggested that perhaps the willing help of Ukrainians and Poles to kill Jews during WW II should be noted, I was met by a solid wall of silence by teachers and government people because the province I taught in has a large Ukrainian and Polish population. Equally, when I suggested that Gaza was and is a disgrace perpetrated by Israel and that the Arabs did little to alleviate the situation I was again met again by a wall of silence.

Meanwhile, kids watch thousands of simulated killings on TV every year and the warm shit keeps piling.

I wish the students and teachers of Arizona lotsa luck. The corporate view of education is a reality. Kids in school have become about money and bottom lines.

The most (IMO) important elections that occur are those to form school boards. Guess what. In many school districts people have to be begged to run. And people have to be begged to vote.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

Have a nice day all.