How can you be 43 and not know who Hitler was and what he did?

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29. I taught in two N.J. high schools. WW II and Holocaust was not part of curriculum in either

school. One was middle-upper middle suburban. I left in 1987. The second was inner city. I retired in 2006.

In the suburban district, there was one year of U.S. I. That went from Columbus to Appomattox. US II went UP TO WW II. But there were electives and one was Minority Studies. I taught that. We read, "The Confessions of Nat Turner," Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee." Japanese internment was studied. Curriculum ws left to the individual teacher. I think I did a good job.


The urban school.... Semester courses. U.S. I and II. God knows we tried. I don't recall any of the topics included in those classes.


I guess the state of education was explained for me when, one day, some asshole from the N.J. Department of Ed. comes in to observe the school. This wanker, in his written evaluation, criticized the history curriculum because this was Admiral Perry Day and it was not mentioned over the school intercom. FUKKIN ADMIRAL PERRY. Now I'm sure he was a great leader and human being......