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04-17-2013, 09:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2013 09:15 AM by ELCore.)
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RE: "Gettysburg Part of America's Soul"
I graduated from high school in 1975, and we had to memorize the Address. But I forget in what grade we did that; probably in junior high, though, grades 7 through 9.
(04-17-2013 09:01 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: I think the era of having students memorize the Gettysburg Address and similar important American documents have passed. In talking to young people, none reported having to do so. I can't help but suspect that our educational system has been turned so one of its purposes is to deprive students of their heritage rather than hand it on. I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it. (Letter to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863) |
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