[Magdalen] New York Times op-ed piece

[Lynn Ronkainen]

The absence of decent history courses in primary and high school are evident in the way many people discuss the constitution and the bill of rights... scary
Lynn, history aficionado 

On Jul 3, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:



In a message dated 7/3/2017 1:28:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
scottknitter at gmail.com writes:

The  attitude of many toward the president is
that Trump can "go in and kick  a**" as though that's part of his job, and
somehow fix a lot of vaguely  defined things blamed on  
Obama.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


I am a believer that much of the smoldering dislike of Hilary has  been
due to her female gender, and that of Obama due to his skin color.

I agree that many voters, especially Trump's,  have only a vague  idea of 
how
the USA democracy works.  I may have graduated from a tiny
(200 students) high school in the wild woods of NW Wisconsin, but
believe me, anyone surviving my history teacher's (Katherine
Unseth's) US history course would have the basics for life.  I can  still
visualize her entering the classroom daily with the words," Check  Test!
Get your paper and pen ready!"

Trump may have a degree from Wharton at U Penn, but they
apparently didn't teach him history.




David S.