Now that's a pleasantly ironic situation. From the article : The resolution stated that AP history classes should promote "patriotism and ... the benefits of the free-enterprise system" and should not "encourage or condone civil disorder."

Does patriotism really have a place in a classroom? "The negative parts of American history aren't necessarily unpatriotic," Smith says."We need to know those things so we don't repeat them in the future." - says student with more sense than the adults directing his education.


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