Recently, a friend of mine posted an article from a British news website to her Facebook wall. It was about the decision of the Texas State Board of Education to change the social studies and history curriculum and textbooks. If you haven't read it, you should: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/texas-schools-rewrites-us-history
When I read this, I was indignant, and, even more so, I was livid. There are plenty of things wrong in general with almost all history textbooks out there, but, really? So I reposted the link on my own Facebook wall, expressing as well that indignation.
That was a few days ago. Today, I received a suggestion, after another friend had been reading about the same thing, that I start a blog about history. Mainly because A) I seem to spend a lot of time procrastinating, and I could use that procrastination time a little more productively, and B) I know a little something about the subject. She suggested that each entry would be history related, and I thought it was a pretty good idea. I mean, I really do procrastinate quite a lot. Not that I like it. But I do like history. No, love it, and it would be fun to pass on some of the things I've "read, considered and reconsidered".
I'll probably start with a few entries on what the Texas School Board of Education proposed to do to their textbooks and curriculum. But after that - who knows....?
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