Over the past decades, as it appears to me, the educational system has 
somewhat floundered in it's responsibility to the students. It is apparent 
that in the area of American and World history programs the educational 
system had and continues to hold back, when dealing with the facts.
  Teaching is suppose to stimulate the mind of students as it provides them 
with the tools by which to acurately determine their own stand and approach 
to a given event. How can the student accurately evaluate historical events 
if the balance of facts is intentionally slanted?
  Such is the case when covering the relationship between the First Nations 
(Indians) and how inaccurately historians have portrayed them and the events.
It is safe, by virtue of the facts to say that the children have been grossly 
misled and, that cultures have been labeled, based on greed and power 
grabbing injustices.
  While the cases involving the First Nations are numerous and, include 
matter directly associated with genocide, forced assimilation, abuse, 
slavery, and so on.....it is also a matter of fact that the U.S. government 
was not the leader in Human Rights isssues it so proudly proclaims. Point is 
that we do not make it a point to teach our children that there weaknesses in 
human nature which need to be addressed formally and truthfully. Classroom 
debate over historical issues, dealing with all the facts is dealing with the 
reality that we as adults demand....why then must children be eliminated from 
the same criteria?
  It also seems that as the educational system remains stagnated in this area 
of developement, the children are bombarded with misinformation. History 
portrays European and American eras as being filled with great humanitarian 
deeds and, suppresses the atrosities and errors in judgement. Are our 
children going to be left to sort out the reality and mend the wounds while 
the educational system continues to support the current approach.
  It is true that strides have been made in cultural recognition, yet how 
much do we delve into these cultures, regionally, nationally. We instead deal 
with the concept of "Melting Pots" and ignore heritages and cultural 
diversity...something everyone is proud of....especially those who now pay 
the price for oppression, based on their heritage in the way of poverty, 
segregation and physical attack. No, the incidents of 1962 Selma, Alabama are 
not neatly hidden away...they continue. Due to children evolving with the 
concepts that ignorance, superstition and fear have generated...conditioned 
minds of lies and misinformation allow for future societies to continue the 
trends which, are setrimental to survival of cultures.
... !edis gnorw eht morf siht ta gnikool era uoY
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