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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Being proud of your country is different from being nationalist. The fact is, there are a lot of places in the world that are just as nice to live in as America. Many of them are arguably better. Recognizing that and being proud of your country are not mutually exclusive. I think pretty highly of America, but I don't delude myself into thinking it's the best, or that the best can even be identified.
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More of a patriot than a nationalist, never said I thought being an American was better just said I was proud to be one. I absolutely believe other nations are great, I would have to be pretty narrow not to recognize the value of our world. I'm just happy to be in America, to be an American, it really is that simply, I imply no superiority. I've always wonder why there is that assumption made when one says how proud they are to be American, that its a comparison to other nations. I've never lived outside of America, My husband has, 23 years in the USAF, retired, he lived all over, says there is no place he would rather live than in America, I wouldn't know. It would be unfair of me to judge the unknown.
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Originally Posted by dippin
Sure, yeah, random news blurbs discussed the removal of Chaves and Marshall. The point was that you didn't actually address the issue, choosing instead to nitpick or criticize the ways these random news blurbs talked about the issue. It is not about conforming, but if we are discussing Chaves and Marshall and their exclusion from curricula, it is beside the point if random news blurb used "bar" or "remove" in their article.
And, again, the point is not to enforce conformity, but I've yet to understand the point you are trying to make or the position you are trying to defend. If you believe the text posted on the original post was snarky and arbitrary, you can always provide an altering viewpoint.
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My point was, has been and will always be, truth is in perspective. Which side are you on, because that is the angle you will see the game from. The quote within the initial post was skewed to show only one side of the issues, those were the ones McKinley wanted you to believe, the ones he found to be the most inflammatory, the ones to make you think, How Awful TX must be.... I say that wasn't the entire reality of what was happening. I believe in humanity's basic good, but, if it is all true, then we must do something about it. It would be unamerican to allow our children a skewed view of their nation and of its glorious and painful past. So, when you ready to hear the other side:
tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=7660
Welcome to the Texas Education Agency
News Releases 2010[/url]
TEA News Releases 2010
Official press releases issued by the Texas Education Agency this year are listed below.
Social studies standards, educator preparation accreditation program win State Board's backing (3-12-2010)
Texas Permanent School Fund realizes 25 percent return in 2009 (3-12-2010)
Ninety-seven percent of Texas districts and charters receive full accreditation status (3-10-2010)
Fox inaccurately reporting State Board of Education action (3-10-2010)
Texas alone at the top; only state to meet all college and career readiness measures (3-1-2010)
Texas College and Career Readiness standards more comprehensive than national standards (2-23-2010)
Texas recognized for strong performance on AP exams (2-10-2010)
Associate commissioner to focus on rule review, school improvement, and federal programs (2-5-2010)
Texas student special guest at State of the Union (1-27-2010)
STAAR to replace TAKS tests (1-26-2010)
SBOE gives final approval to graduation plan changes (1-19-2010)
Race to the Top transcript (1-14-2010)
State's curriculum standards earn 'A' in national report (1-14-2010)
You may take and read this, join the committee, and still it will be skewed by the way you see it. It will be skewed by the way I see it. Nobody is one hundred percent happy with exactly what they get, it's all about give and take. Compromise for what is the best for our children. Everybody is screaming they haven't and yet they are not even done. Perspective, make up you own. I don't trust just McKinley to give me all the truths.
