Hiding facts of history sucks; doesn't it?

Question

"Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445979&in_page_id=1770

"Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed.

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.....
Your thoughts please.

Answer 1

I think that all history should be taught - even history that is unpleasant. To avoid teaching history because it might upset someone is like sticking one's head in the sand and pretending that this upsetting history isn't there. We can't learn from history and make sure we don't repeat history if we don't have an understanding of it.

Answer 2

When we become a nation that cannot stand the truth, where has our freedom gone? We learn from history. We learn from mistakes. We can't teach just the good of mankind without teaching the bad also. We are calling evil good and that is wrong. We teach the Catholic crusades of the Pope and the Nazi holocaust must be taught. The Muslims need to know that America is not a 7th century country and if they want to live in this country their culture will be changed. They must adopt the American way of life. I have no intention of developing their way of life in my country. With freedom, comes the right to leave this country and go back where you came from.

Answer 3

I wonder if British schools teach about the historical events in the British Protectorate of Palestine in the years between, roughly, 1945 and 1950.
If the Brits have Anything to deny, it's their involvement, and inaction, in that region, during that time.
I do, however, think it's a terribly sad thing to deny an event like the Holocaust.
So many people died, not just Jews.
Poles, for instance. The bulk of my father's family...
They can deny the truth all they want, but they cannot stop people from remembering.

Answer 4

As the number of survivors of WWII dwindles, there's a movement afoot to rewrite history--even in Japan, where grenades were handed out encouraging families to use them rather than face capture--Okinawa survivors dispute this; additionally, there is underway a larger coverup to deny that the military used sexual slaves for the troops.
The current president, Abe, is behind the rewrite. So there's a battle for the individuals to sustain an element of truth; the leadership is into "patriotism" and I think the average resident will go for "looking good"...whitewashing.

Answer 5

Religion that cannot exist without altering history is afraid to have their dogma challenged. This is a concept that has been used throughout the world when a religion or a culture cannot stand up to criticism. If we hide this concept then we don't have to answer tough questions.

Evolution verses creationism. Since this Country (US) is supposed to have separate religious beliefs from those of the government then free education and the curriculum should teach all theories, rather than teach only the ones that religions want. Public education equals all theories and private schools teach what they want!

Answer 6

Avoiding 'controversial' topics like the Holocaust, Crusades, or evolutionary theory just because it might not match the superstitious beliefs of some students or parents is cowardly, intellectually dishonest, and degrades the education system farther than it already is.

Suppose they stop using the number 13 in math class just because some people think it's unlucky. It creates more problems than it solves.

Answer 7

I can not believe that this kind of things are happening yet.

Here in Mexico, government rules the most of History textbooks contents but not at this degree of conformism.

I understand that some beliefs have to be respected, but this goes beyond respect...

This shows the enormous power that religions conveys yet in this era of supposed-cynism and criticism against it.

Welcome back to the Middle Ages!!

Answer 8

The real holocaust is the death toll from killing in the name of God and we are not supposed to talk about it. How is that possible? If you take a History Major in college you will be taught that most of history is based on a lie.

Answer 9

That's truly unbelievable and totally uncalled for.The Holocaust is a part of history which doesn't even have anything to do with Muslims at all. And I must add that it's a disgusting thing to do. Burying history because it's an ugly part of history doesn't mean that it never happend. It doesn't change anything. It just adds more insult to injury.

Answer 10

we will get what we deserve for raising kids who are biased and only see their view point in things. This is just terrible. It's not education and it leads me to question the education of the teachers. Education is knowledge of different people and their ideas and all the information out there which leads to mind expansion. Very important. It's not just about a degree