Emancipation Proclamation
Jun. 22nd, 2005 11:10 amFor the record, I am obsessed with pop culture and probably have an unhealthy fascination with reality tv. Completely hooked since the first season of Survivor and the short lived Pop Idol, my fascination continues with The Scholar. If you haven't watched or heard of this show, basically it's ten high school seniors competing for a full ride college scholarship.
Not that any of the above was really important, but my comment is based on the last episode of The Scholar.
Don't you learn about the Emancipation Proclamation in elementary school? Isn't it something like 4th or 5th grade when you start with basic US history. And doesn't learning about the Emancipation Proclamation play a pivotal role in learning post-War of Northern Agression history?
No, it wasn't one of the Scholars who didn't know the answer. The task for this episode was to do some community service for a couple of non-profits that work with children, each group got $500 to spend. So the groups asked the kids what kind of things they wanted or needed for the programs. One little boy, approximately 9 or 10 years old asked for better dictionaries so that he could look up big words like Emancipation Proclamation when he read them and then clarified by saying "not that I know what that means."
Huh?! Is this what the public education system has come down to, that kids don't learn basic US History anymore?
Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong about when school kids normally learn about the Emancipation Proclamation. I can't remember not knowing what it is and vividly remember learning how to spell "proclamation" in 4th grade. Of course, I could be wrong in my guestimation of the boy's age, but he was a bit too well spoken to be younger than 8.
Not that any of the above was really important, but my comment is based on the last episode of The Scholar.
Don't you learn about the Emancipation Proclamation in elementary school? Isn't it something like 4th or 5th grade when you start with basic US history. And doesn't learning about the Emancipation Proclamation play a pivotal role in learning post-War of Northern Agression history?
No, it wasn't one of the Scholars who didn't know the answer. The task for this episode was to do some community service for a couple of non-profits that work with children, each group got $500 to spend. So the groups asked the kids what kind of things they wanted or needed for the programs. One little boy, approximately 9 or 10 years old asked for better dictionaries so that he could look up big words like Emancipation Proclamation when he read them and then clarified by saying "not that I know what that means."
Huh?! Is this what the public education system has come down to, that kids don't learn basic US History anymore?
Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong about when school kids normally learn about the Emancipation Proclamation. I can't remember not knowing what it is and vividly remember learning how to spell "proclamation" in 4th grade. Of course, I could be wrong in my guestimation of the boy's age, but he was a bit too well spoken to be younger than 8.