Is America Exceptional?
The Texas School Book Depository, wait that isn't it, the Texas Board of Education is writing a new social studies book. More so, deciding what topics or buzz words go in. This is important because the vast majority of education in the US is based on the recommendations of this board. Some items being debated are whether to write Barack Hussein Obama, Barack H. Obama or simply Barack Obama. Other questions are how America is viewed in the world and Americas origins and "exceptional" traits. To simplify a few of the questions one can ask, 'how are the other Presidents names listed?', Obama should be no different than the others. The latter questions become more difficult. It is my opinion that as an educational system funded by US tax dollars it is an obligation to be objective but tilted in the upbringing of US students. These are students, the goal of the school system is not to indoctrinate one way or the other, but specifically not to push students away from ha...