La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for March 29, 2010
March 28, 2010
March 30, 2010
Transcript:
Pioneer Elementary Sign: Bigger not better Vero: Students, due to further budget cutbacks, we have to use these sample textbooks from Texas. Student: Teacher Vero, are they any heavier? Vero: Actually, they are quite light on facts.
cdward over 14 years ago
But heavy on fantasy.
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
YEPPPPPER.
autumnfire1957 over 14 years ago
Are they even in those books?
Bender_Sastre over 14 years ago
Again, why is a state known for ignorance within an ignorant nation deciding our textbooks?
japlaxco over 14 years ago
Not 100% sure but I think the story goes something like this: The Texas School Board wants to remove Thomas Jefferson from text books (he’s too liberal) and replace him with Calvin (no, not Calvin and Hobbs) teaching/history. Texas is the largest customer of textbooks so the textbook companies will re-print history books with this revisionist history. Then those books will be what’s available to the other states.
Templo S.U.D. over 14 years ago
When he asked if the books are heavier, I guess he had heard of the phrase “everything’s bigger in Texas.”
Dirty Dragon over 14 years ago
The ‘excuse’ is always that Texas buys more textbooks, so they get a lot of input on the content. What I want to know is what’s going on in California, aren’t they even bigger (in terms of schoolchildren)?
GJ_Jehosaphat over 14 years ago
DDragon - I don’t know if Texas has more school age children - but California has more population.
2008 estimates (Population) & (Density) Texas…………….. 24,326,974 & 92.92 California………….36,756,666 & 235.68
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