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Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)

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“Textbooks in American history stand in sharp contrast to other teaching materials. Why are history textbooks so bad? Nationalism is one of the culprits. Textbooks are often muddled by the conflicting desires to promote inquiry and to indoctrinate blind patriotism.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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“It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet

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“Sometimes choice is a luxury that fate does not afford us.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer

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“Once you have learned how to ask questions—relevant and appropriate and substantial questions—you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know. —NEIL POSTMAN AND CHARLES WEINGARTNER2”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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