http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1147 This and that, now and then. Mostly book reviews, with the occasional descent into whimsy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1147#comment-9741 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:35:04 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1147#comment-9741 This is a required reading for my college history class. I find that his views are very pessimistic. To sum up this book in just a few words, he finds that textbooks are sugarcoating the fact about history. He fails to understand that these are books being used in high schools and secondary schools all over the world. The ethical issues come to play when they choose the books for our schools. So to honestly say he hates the way textbooks depict our historical characters. We are not all perfect and in a perfect world we all have flaws. This is a required reading for my college history class. I find that his views are very pessimistic. To sum up this book in just a few words, he finds that textbooks are sugarcoating the fact about history. He fails to understand that these are books being used in high schools and secondary schools all over the world. The ethical issues come to play when they choose the books for our schools. So to honestly say he hates the way textbooks depict our historical characters. We are not all perfect and in a perfect world we all have flaws.

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