The person was David Swanson, who is a peace activist, and who has a
website. The next email gave the questions with the answers. That's the
important one. Perhaps you know some of the answers, but you might try
looking at it anyway, especially questions 80 through 90.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 10:23 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: A Quiz to See if U.S. Schools Taught You
State Propaganda
Well, I did finally get to the questions. Holy Moly! This is no quiz, it
is a full scale examination. I read questions 1 through 121 and then
skimmed. Of course these questions are not anywhere close to what we are
teaching our children. In fact, wouldn't it be closer to the truth if we
called our brand of education, Conditioning?
But what would we expect from those in charge, and wanting to remain in
charge? Of course most of these questions will never see the light of day.
But the bigger problem is that someone clumped far too many questions in one
quiz. Better to have had one short quiz with the announcement that more
quiz's would follow. I doubt the folks putting this quiz together thought
that anyone would sit down and attempt to answer so many questions. Their
point was more likely to be a demonstration of how much critical information
is being withheld from our youth. How can our children make rational
decisions when most of what they need to know is kept locked in the
cupboard?
Carl Jarvis
On 12/20/15, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Miriam,U.S. government.
I tried to take the quiz, but couldn't access the questions.
Now, here's a pieve of mine that will likely get me into trouble here.
Some of these sites now have a "choose language" box that seems to
wreak havoc with screen readers. I am in favor of includsion of
various languages, but not at the expense of accessibility for blind
and visually impaired persons.
Sorry folks, I'm sick of waiting in line behind every other freakin group.
That is, we PWD are at the bbotom of the barrel, below other races and
cultures.
Bob Hachey
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam
Vieni
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:02 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: A Quiz to See if U.S. Schools Taught
You State Propaganda
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Subject: A Quiz to See if U.S. Schools Taught You State Propaganda
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A Quiz to See if U.S. Schools Taught You State Propaganda
U.S. schools provide a great deal of useful information, but also
leave out a great deal. Can you answer these questions? How many can
your kids answer?
Can your kids' teachers answer them? Can your parents answer them? Can
your uncle who tells you whom to vote for and what to think answer them?
These questions are not intended to comprise an ideal comprehensive
course in U.S. or world history. They are intended as a quick sampling
of the sort of material that would be included, along with other
material, in a basic education that wasn't twisted by the interests of the
Therecountry.
might be many questions I would have chosen to include in the place of
some of these if I knew more. I was educated in public schools in
Fairfax Country, Va., where the schools were ranked among the best in the
I
have a Master's in philosophy from the University of Virginia. I
didn't learn the answer to a single one of these questions in any school.
If you can give a generally accurate response to most of these
questions, you have almost certainly gone out of your way to learn
things not taught in U.S. schools. If you find most of them difficult
to answer, I would urge you not to quickly conclude that this is
because the topics asked about are of minor importance. Please
consider with an open mind whether these questions are not in fact
central and vital to the education of a citizen of the United States.
And please consider how they relate to what you would expect people in
other countries to learn about their own histories.
Take the Quiz.
http://davidswanson.org/node/5007
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