re: 9-year-old nephew recent book report subjects: Cesar Chavez and Stephen Hawking

So ya got nothing. Compelling argument there!

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The premise of your question is either meant to reinforce whatever conspiracy theories are going on in your head or you are just ignorant.

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What do the voices in your head tell you my conspiracy theories are?

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I'm not after truth I just want my side to win regardless.

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Your honestly is surprising!
Pat yourself on the back!!

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Those are two pretty important people totally appropriate for a book report. Unless it was actually “instead of” George Washington and the like but that seems unlikely. You sound like a snowflake.

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You sound like a fricking alter pulling shite out of your arse.

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I know sarcasm is hard to detect online but damn...

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"That wasn't sarcasm/sarcasm."

W. Goldberg

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known atheist scientist who said humanity was basically a virus,

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your kid is going to be worshiping satan and sucking dick in no time. probably too late to do anything about, tbh

This is a silly melt. Both those guys had an impact on society and history and are proper subjects for study. Even the bad has to be studied

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ut she grew up and is intellectually sound, has Ivy League aspirations and is a good kid.

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Ivy League schools are borderline child abuse. If you have a good state school pick that one.

My son is in the 11th grade and taking U.S. history. So far, most of what I've seen is material on labor relations, unions, strikes, etc. in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. He has to do a report this week on friggin' Eugene Debs.

I'm not arguing that any of that is not important to learn about, but I've asked him have you learned anything about the Revolutionary War? The Civil War? Lewis and Clark? Andrew Jackson? Reconstruction? Nope, not a damn thing. It's been a solid nine weeks on labor.

Thank God he was interested in the other stuff to have been reading and learning about that on his own since he was ten years old.

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Ivy League schools are borderline child abuse. If you have a good state school pick that one.

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There are strong pockets of conservatism at many of them. We toured Columbia and were really surprised. For example, Redeemer Presbyterian (Tim Keller's church) is close to their campus, and has a huge influence at Columbia. We spoke to students and they said that the vast majority of students at Columbia were there to study and excel. Things like the "Mattress Girl" situation are only supported by a couple dozen radicals, but most of them work at the student newspaper that no one reads. Columbia doesnt have classes on Friday because they encourage students to work - and most students work at evil capitalist Wall Street firms.

We have a family friend whose daughter went to Yale. Her opinion is that the majority of students are conservative, but they are silent.