Disillusioned

I thoroughly enjoyed our visit yesterday. It makes me happy to know that some things, like you forgetting your key, haven't changed. I think we had a good vent about ignorant people.

Expanding on that, I feel disillusioned and betrayed that something like Texas' new curriculum can still happen today at that level of government. I'm experiencing deja vu. This new change will further the disintegration of the education system in Texas and ultimately, the U.S.

It's not like we're already behind educationally compared to the international community. Oh no. Our students are bilingual, trilingual. They are fluent and cultured and well on their way to becoming upstanding global citizens. Texas' percentage of high school graduates is already lower than the national percentage. Let's ignore the fact that Texas is home to about 8.9 million Hispanics, whose growth rate is faster than any other minority growth rate in the U.S. Let's ignore that 48% of Hispanics in the U.S. reside in Texas and California. Yes, why don't we whitewash history AGAIN. Let's take away role models who are praised by the rest of the world for their work. Let's ignore our Founding Fathers who believed in the separation of church and state. That sounds like a well thought out, non-oppressive, forward moving plan.