"Sexy" Textbooks
by Al Benson Jr. Member, Board of Directors, Confederate Society of America Awhile back, I read an editorial from The Longview Daily News in Longview, Texas, The title of it was Do Parents Care About Textbooks? The editorial made some interesting points. It said: "News reports from Austin say the State Textbook Committee has recommended for use of fifth grade students a "sexy" history textbook "because it turned students on" in contrast to other books labeled "too factual." It continued: "Do parents think their fifth grade sons and daughters need to be "turned on" by "sexy" textbooks in elementary schools? The committee vote approving the "sexy" text was 12 to 3. Do the 12 members who voted for "sexy" history in the fifth grade really think boys and girls of ages 10 and 11 need to be "turned on"? That was a good question. Another question might be--how many of those 12 who voted f