Parrothead Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Holocaust Dropped A British government study says some primary and secondary teachers are dropping lessons about the Holocaust from their history classes out of fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial. The teachers worry Muslims might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class. Some teachers also are excluding references to the 11th century crusades in which Christians fought Muslim armies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 the Muslimsalways with the MuslimsOh well. The UK gave up on religion many moons ago. Their churches are museums. Might as well give it up to the Muslims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Never heard or read about this before. I admit I didn't read the article (havent' the time)I know when my wife was in primary and secondary she had to take a religion awareness class. The class would go to Mosques, Churches, Temples ect. to learn about different religions.Edit: Just asked my wife about the source she said "The daily mail is a s#@t source,... it's a tabloid paper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 i heard this on the radio this morning as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 and BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6517359.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 the story is making the rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I have said this before.......The mounting antisemitism and anti Israel behavior thats occuring in Europe is due large in part to the huge influx from the middle east and north Africa. In my work i often deal with politicians in Britain and Germany. I have heard, unofficially, that many of them dont believe in or support that anti-semitic docturine, but they keep hush in order not to make waves. In other words, they are afraid. One would only have to look at the firestorm of hatred that occurred over a cartoon to see the agenda thats being carried out there. Sad is the day when you began to feel like a stranger in your own land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Never heard or read about this before. I admit I didn't read the article (havent' the time)I know when my wife was in primary and secondary she had to take a religion awareness class. The class would go to Mosques, Churches, Temples ect. to learn about different religions.Edit: Just asked my wife about the source she said "The daily mail is a s#@t source,... it's a tabloid paper"Pick any news organization, you'll see it. It's all over the place. BTW, the Daily Mail is just as reputable as the Houston Chronicle (tongue planted firmly in cheek). It is owned by Associated Newspapers, Ltd, who also own The Evening Standard. It is not a rag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houstonian in Iraq Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Like I mentioned I haven't heard of this story here in England yet, but I admit my local news watching isn't done until after midnight. I for one don't know about this paper(loads here), just relaying what my wife and now Uni friends have mentioned about the paper. I'm sure their will be a big "brooh hah" if the plan to cut out this part of the curriculum actually materializes. There are always stories like this, not too different than the Houston Chronicle mentioning a proposed bill to teach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I guess 9/11 didn't happen in Britian's World History books either ? OY VEY ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I guess 9/11 didn't happen in Britian's World History books either ? OY VEY !Whats 9/11? Wasnt that entire day a Hollywood trick? Thats what has been reported in some areas of the world. Shouldnt be too hard to figure out just which areas they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 All you have to do is check out the report yourself to see that the Daily Mail is full of it, and staffed by people who cannot read. Schools are not dropping lessons on the Holocaust or any other controversial issues. It's all just a boring set of guidlines to help schools' approach to teaching these things. Some editor zoomed into the section on the Holocaust and came up with that idiot conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 All you have to do is check out the report yourself to see that the Daily Mail is full of it, and staffed by people who cannot read. Schools are not dropping lessons on the Holocaust or any other controversial issues. It's all just a boring set of guidlines to help schools' approach to teaching these things. Some editor zoomed into the section on the Holocaust and came up with that idiot conclusion.Thanks for the link westguy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 All you have to do is check out the report yourself to see that the Daily Mail is full of it, and staffed by people who cannot read. Schools are not dropping lessons on the Holocaust or any other controversial issues. It's all just a boring set of guidlines to help schools' approach to teaching these things. Some editor zoomed into the section on the Holocaust and came up with that idiot conclusion. It's not just from the DAILY MAIL, hello? It was on CNN, FoxNews, and BBC News. Are they all full of it too? Your link is from the Historical Society on how to DEAL with teaching these subjects (and all 48 pages of it, ugh!). It's pretty well known by now that there are schools that are dropping these subjects, period. You can't deny that. The topic isn't "UK Schools MAY drop" it is that they HAVE. Even your study claims one Northern UK school dropped it. The bottom line is that ALL history needs to be taught, good or bad, pretty and ugly. Do you at least agree with that, westguy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Check out the Snopes article here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp It's not just from the DAILY MAIL, hello? It was on CNN, FoxNews, and BBC News. Are they all full of it too? Your link is from the Historical Society on how to DEAL with teaching these subjects (and all 48 pages of it, ugh!). It's pretty well known by now that there are schools that are dropping these subjects, period. You can't deny that. The topic isn't "UK Schools MAY drop" it is that they HAVE. Even your study claims one Northern UK school dropped it. The bottom line is that ALL history needs to be taught, good or bad, pretty and ugly. Do you at least agree with that, westguy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 If that is true, then every single news organization that ran that story as if it were fact need to be held accountable, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 If that is true, then every single news organization that ran that story as if it were fact need to be held accountable, IMHO.Or maybe you can stop putting all your stock into TV broadcasted news, and instead use the internet to its full potential, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I guess 9/11 didn't happen in Britian's World History books either ? OY VEY !Oy vey part 2! What chutzpah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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