I’m not sure what it’s called in schools these days,
assuming it’s taught at all, but American History was serious stuff when I wandered
the hallowed halls of high school. At
one point when our children were that age, I think it was called social studies
or perhaps civics. I have no idea why.
I’m not sure how educationally we evolved past it or
through it or around it. But we did and look at us now and how well we’ve done. I
think about the George Santayana admonition from Reason in
Common Sense and fear most of us either think he’s Carlos’ dad
or (even more likely) have no idea
what anything in this paragraph means.
And then you read about this heavily-reported exploitation of a tragic and
dark moment in pursuit of corporate publicity and profit and wonder, as I did,
how easy can it be to forget what you never knew in the first
place?
-bill kenny
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