Reading *Risse im Patriarchat* by Judith Huber, ISBN 3-85869-260-3. The book follows the lives of a few Afghan women through the last decades; it shows the first attempts at equal rights by the king, how he had to take back much of it, the revolution, communism, mujaheddin-rule, taliban-rule, post-war rule...
Specially after reading the book *Zwischen den Palästen* by Nagib Machfus, I think I understand the incredible grip patriarchism has on every single family member much better. ISBN 3-293-20065-6. The silent reign of fear, punishment, strict rules, sneaking glimpses of the outside, bigotry of the family heads. It is a scary world.
The origins of Thanksgiving... ¹ (while googling for the term “bigotry”)
Remember that link about common English errors? The same guy is also involved in teaching Worl Civilizations at Washington State University. And they have their whole program online! Maybe I should get some inspiration for my history readings there.
An extended quote from the rationale linked above:
The paucity of general knowledge and the shrinking frames of historical or cultural reference which students are currently bringing to higher education have been well documented in the recent national studies. Benjamin J. Stein, in his recent study of California students, concluded that this generation of students is “not mentally prepared to continue the society because they basically do not understand the society well enough to value it.” If Stein is correct, it may be even more alarming that students do not understand their society enough to criticize, challenge, or change it. Similarly, E. D. Hirsch argued that literacy is based on knowledge, and that precise, effective communication is dependent upon shared knowledge. If Hirsch’s argumentand the research on which it is basedis even partially valid, then institutions such as WSU appear to bear a responsibility for identifying what is most important to know and then arranging for all students to learn it. This is a bolder agenda than American institutions of higher education are used to, but before dismissing that task as impossible or undesirable, perhaps we should ponder the question “If not us, who?”
Exactly. Thanks.
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Holy F—ing Moley.
Excuse me.
I had no idea about Thanksgiving.
Is that true?!?
Other notes:
http://www.caffeinedestiny.com/tigiving.html
http://www.drwnet.com/wings/jwthanks.htm
http://home1.gte.net/res0k62m/lies.htm
Hmm...
See, this is why we need wiki for this kind of thing. Then we can get all our stories, and alternative stories, and evidence, all straight and together.
– LionKimbro 2003-11-05 0:08 UTC
I think that we’ll have an Internet Education in the future.
You learn everything on the Internet, not from one school or another school.
We’ll self-organize Internet civilization(s).
– LionKimbro 2003-11-05 0:08 UTC