Curriculum or Selfish Political Agenda????

The textbook issue that our class dealt with in the Socratic circle was not only interesting to me, but also profound. Unfortunately, I don’t really think that this problem is fixable. In the discussion concerning the article I read, which addressed how a conservative board in Texas changed the curriculum of textbooks in order to reflect more Christian values and Republican doctrine, person after person was addressing the issue of bias and whether the board was actually evening the influences of the left and the right in education.


However, whether or not the influences are even now after they supposedly were made to be even, is questionable. Now, the left believes that things have been tipped in favor of the right. Basically, no matter which side acquires changes to favor them, it will never be equal. For if there are concessions made to the left, the right will say that these changes are unfair and will protest them and if there are concessions made to the right, then the left will be up at arms. Essentially, there is no way to make both parties happy because life is not fair. Life is not a bundle of rainbows or a sack of lollipops. Life is a never ending struggle between disagreeing ideals.

The saddest part of this entire right vs. left argument about the textbooks is that no one appears to consider what is best for the children and their education. Education is for the enrichment of the children. Children should learn what is best for them and what will help them grow into wise adults who are equipped with skills that will lead to be successful citizens. In the article; however, the only consideration is what political doctrine the children should be brainwashed with. It’s disgusting that there is so little consideration for the actual purpose of the textbooks and absolutely no consideration for what is best for the children. The only consideration made is whether the curriculum distributed will advance a particular political agenda.