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January 23, 2008
What are they teaching kids these days?
I know it's probably annoying when bloggers write about the search terms that lead visitors to their sites, but sometimes perusing the logs can reveal astonishing things about ourselves.
I got a hit yesterday afternoon because someone in Gaithersburg, Maryland typed the following into a Google search box:
should students be subjected to the bill of rights
Subjected to? In what way? As in, learning about the first ten constitutional amendments? If so, the answer is a hearty "Yes."
But even more disturbing: does the person not realize that the Bill of Rights describes ways that we (including students) avoid being subjected to something? A monarch has subjects; the United States of America was created as an antithesis to that idea.
All right, I know I'm making all kinds of assumptions about the purpose and motive of the internet search in question. But it really stood out.
Education | By joe lance | 12:42 PM