what are schools teaching our kids now days about ww2?

Question

i am amazed from here and every where when u ask somebody how ww2 started for America they will tell that after the Japanese bombed pearl we declared war on japan and Germany. when in fact we only declared war on japan Hitler declared war on us three days later. so what is my taxes paying for so my kid can not know the right answer ?

Answer 1

It's a good question and we ask the same thing in the UK. Remember that from 1939 until 1945 armed forces from over seventy nations engaged in aerial, naval, and ground-based operations. Sixty million people lost their lives (The current population of Great Britain). Everyone should know this fact more than any other, lets not ever make the same mistake again!

To answer your question, in this case it's just a mistake that the younger ones don't realise how things happened or in what order, all they pick up on is the fact that the USA joined the world war shortly after pearl harbour was bombed. School teachers probably don't make the point to the kids that Hitler declared war on the U.S after the U.S had declared war on Japan. However the US assisted the Allied forces for a long time before they got involved. With the supply of Arms and machinery, even some US men were volunteering to come to Britain and help the Allied forces with their war against the Axis powers.

I think there are probably a lot of things that teachers miss out on passing onto their pupils and the kids probably don’t pick up on every fact(Might want to write to the School). If you really want your children to learn about a fundamental part of the worlds history and for them to get it right then maybe you should pass on your knowledge to them. Although, there are so many amazing points in history it would become a full time job. Good luck with it.

Oh and about TAX, the first known system of taxation was in Ancient Egypt around 3000BC-2800BC in the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom, the people would give money to the pharaoh and get nothing in return for it. Think how they felt.

Answer 2

What is the problem? There were official declarations of war on all sides -

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/dec/decmenu.htm

Besides, at least the have the correct countries. A friend teaches at a Middle School, and one of his fellow teachers actually asked him which war was associated with Lincoln’s presidency.

Answer 3

The war was already underway and Japan dragged us in when they bombed pearl Harbor.

Answer 4

Another reason for vouchers and charter schools and not to send kids to public socialist indoctrination centers