James W. Loewen wrote the book "Lies My Teacher Told Me" to help students understand the past of the United States‚ and how it is effecting the present. "Lies My Teacher Told Me" examines 12 various American history text books‚ and points out the various lies‚ flaws‚ and sugar coated stories the text books present. Loewen explains how textbooks practice heroification‚ and how race and race relations are a major issue when it comes to American history. Among these topics‚ Loewen also sheds light on
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advisor‚ kind‚ respectful and strong person. I am not her only children‚ I have a big sister and a little brother but I am my mom’s favorite children. My mom taught me how to be kind and loving but not to allow others to take my kindness for weakness‚ also to dream big and work hard to make those dreams a reality. Her life inspires me with confidence and great motivation on the road to success. Most of my mother ’s life is full of misfortunes and unexpected troubles. She lost her parents when she
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important to me; they have encouraged me through good times and supported me through bad. My family has shaped who I am today and has always been there for me. However they are divorced. I have a brother‚ also I have a lot of cousins. Out of all my family members‚ cousins etc.‚ there is one I particularly look up to beyond all the rest‚ my brother Nick. My brother Nick has been by my side since the day I was born‚ he has supported me and helped a lot since I came to America. He helped me learn English
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What does someone do to inspire you? To me‚ inspiration is the process of instilling faith in someone to motivate him or her to do something. Many people do things simply out of the kindness in their heart‚ and do not realize they are inspiring others around them. To me‚ Audrey Hepburn: The Legendary Style Icon ‚ The Brave War-Torn Child ‚ The Woman Who Saved Lives‚ inspires me the most. I first saw Breakfast At Tiffany’s few years ago. And‚ that is when I was introduced to Audrey Hepburn. The
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Doctor temperance bones brennan is someone who inspired me so much in my life. She has changed my life. She made me become a hardworking person .i became a rational person because of her. She told us not to let our emptions cloud our mind. We should make our decision ourself. We should follow the trail of evidence before jump to the conclusion. Her never give up attitude inspired me to continue strive to achieve success. she is a successful forensic anthropology she is so pretty. she is so clever
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“More Americans have learned the story of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind than from all of the learned volumes on this period” -Warren Beck and Myles Clowers The book Lies My Teacher Told Me was written by James Loewen. I choose to read Chapter 5: “Gone with the Wind”: The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks. The chapters that I read discussed how in many of the American History Textbooks‚ that many young students
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Fady Abboud Prof. Gidley English026 28 August 2014 Teacher Life is unexpected experience‚ so full of surprises that nobody knows what will happen the very next moment‚ especially when you meet a person who has the ability to change your life in complete way. Most of us have met a teacher during our lifetime in school that made a difference and touched our lives in some way to make it better and to open our eyes for success. I remember when the first day of high school started. I was
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contrary to popular belief‚ James W. Loewen‚ author of Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ has found American history to be taught with a completely nationalistic approach. Not only is the history of our country taught with a horribly strong patriotic sentiment‚ but generally with a misunderstood concept of the history of America by the writers themselves. America has never lived a lie as ruinous as that in which happens in classrooms every day. The words “American history” are no more obscure than they sound
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A Move to a Better Life I always ask the question to myself‚ what would come of me if I would have stayed and lived in my “hometown”‚ the city of Long Beach for the entirety of my juvenile life. The populated city is north of San Diego and about twenty miles south of the city of Los Angeles. Common in most towns or cities anywhere in the world‚ there is what’s known as a friendly side of town and a bad‚ sketchy‚ or ghetto side of town. In Long Beach it is no different with it having a well-known
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