Monday, April 2, 2007

Politically Correct Education

America's politically correct educational system is bad, but England's is even worse. A government study has recently shown that many teachers are refraining from teaching history lessons that might disagree or upset students beliefs.

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed. It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial. There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.
Check out the entire article here.