lies my teacher told me

[johnneyluv]

theres a really great book my teacher lead me onto. its called lies my teacher told me. its been out for awhile but its awesome. it all about highschool text books and all text books in history are mis-leading and ethno-centric. its not boring i promise, its taught me alot.

[Latifa]

Couldn't find it. Could you quote a passage from it?

[OleMarxco]

Muahahahhahah! (http://www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/liesmyteachertoldme/intro.html)
:P

[Pawn Power]

theres a really great book my teacher lead me onto.
how do you know he was lying?

[Arsiema]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2005, 09:58 AM
Couldn't find it. Could you quote a passage from it?
Couldn't find it either. Give us more something about the book. Who's the author by the way?

[Arsiema]

Oh,,,i just found somethin now. It's by James E. Loewen. You will find a little something about the book in this site....

http://www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/specialfeatures/biography.html

and a little something for those of you who want something about the author.
http://www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/specialfeatures/biography.html

Enjoy reading.

[OleMarxco]

Thanks for stealing the honor of finding it, dolt :angry:
Guess who was first, scroll a few lines up! ;)


Originally posted by "Revolution is the Solution"
how do you know he was lying?
How do you know he wasn't? :P

[Pink Moon]

1984 and Animal Farm are both great books, I highly recommend reading at least 1984.

[Organic Revolution]

lies my teacher told me was a great book, and i have read it many times.

[Arsiema]

Originally posted by X`[email protected] 23 2005, 01:40 AM
1984 and Animal Farm are both great books, I highly recommend reading at least 1984.
What you sayin? We ain't talking about George orwell here man and people here have talked about 1001 times about these books in this site.

[johnneyluv]

sorry i should of put more info about it... it is written by james w. loewen. ok i can't find a short passage to giveu but i give u a quote thet have in there. "to study foreign affaris with out putting ourselves into others' shoes is to deal in allusion and to prepare students for a lifelong misunderstanding of our place in the world"--paul gagnon. . . ok heres a good passage, "what story do text books tell about our goverment? first they imply that the state we live in today was created in 1789. textbook authors overlook the possibility that the powers set forth in the Constitution, granting some power to each branch of the federal government , some to the states, and reserving some for individuals, has been decisively altered over the last 200 years. the federal government they picture is still the people's servant, manageable, and tractable. paradoxically, textbooks then underplay the the role of nongovernmental institutions or private citizens in bringing about the improvements in the environment, race relations, education, and other socail issues. in short, textbook authors portray a heroic state, and like thier other heroes, this one is pretty much free of blemishes. such an approach converts textbooks into anticitizenship manuals---hand books for acquiescence." that took a while to write. hope that was of use.

[Stellix]

I have heard of that book, but never read it.

I believe it details the most common lies and myths in Western history textbooks.