We all want the same things in life: Trouble comes; we all want them on our terms. I often exercise my bias by just ignoring this or that. Might that be the case at the Temple University? And then again, I often exercise that same bias by developing outrageous attacks on human events to suit my own perception of how things should be. For example: I proclaim synchronized swimming as a non-Olympic sport. What idiot let it into the arena? It’s splendid entertainment. But it’s not a Olympic sport. Why? Because you can’t judge a “wet smile” objectively. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Heinegg" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 8:45 AM Subject: Textbooks > When my wife went back to Temple University to complete her college > degree, she was the only student in her History class who knew enough > about the Vietnam War to discuss it in class. Apparently, the state > textbook commissions find the subject distasteful. In a senior class on > History which included History majors, she was the only one who knew about > My Lai, any of the famous photos from the war, or even that we lost-- > because she had read the newspapers of the time. > Paul > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html