What Happened in School Today?

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...

by Al Benson Jr. Member, Board of Directors, Confederate Society of America Forty five years ago this year an event occurred in Kanawha County, West Virginia that seems to have had more far-reaching ramifications  than many of us who became involved in it could have imagined at that time. All I can say is thank the Lord for those who possess a historical perspective that far outdistances mine. Back in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of this event, I wrote an article called The Thirty Years War which was posted on a website that has long since become extinct. This dealt with the Kanawha County, West Virginia Textbook Protest (war). Actually, I guess the term "war"  would be more appropriate, as the politically correct cultural Marxists of that day had declared war on the mostly Christian culture of West Virginia and upon that culture's children, via the government schools. Their weapon of choice was the textbooks for Kanawha County's government (public) schools. ...

by Al Benson Jr. Member, Board of Directors, Confederate Society of America This week (of 3/10/19)  I read an article on https://www.zerohedge.com about 50 actual college courses that America's universities are using to train those committed to their educational charge to become socialists. It was authored by Michael Snyder and originally appeared on his blog The End of The American Dream. Mr. Snyder said: "What in the world are they teaching to our young people? As you go through the list of college course titles below, I am sure many of you will be completely shocked. Most parents assume they are sending their children to college to get prepared for their future careers but the truth is that a lot of our major colleges and universities have become little more than indoctrination centers for progressive thought. Our college students are literally being systematically trained to be socialists, and it is working. According to a brand new Harris poll that was just relea...