Confronting the Past Should Make Us Uncomfortable
Of all the efforts on the part of state legislatures to regulate the teaching of history, the most baffling is the attempt to ensure that our students do not experience feelings of discomfort. This assumes that teachers have the power to manipulate the emotions of their students, but it also raises the question of what, if anything, is wrong with experi…
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