| NightDragon83 said: Well thankfully most school districts across the country are broke, so they won't be able to afford these new revisionist history books for their students. |
To be fair. History books SHOULD be updated... like every 5 years or so.
They rarely are because of Laziness. Believe it or not... history DOES change... a lot.
For example
1) FDR and the Great depression. History books still talk about FDR and the New Deal getting people out of the great depression. Most people would tell you this was true. Most historians and economists would tell you FDR EXTENDED the great depression.
2) Paul Revere's ride is often taught... Paul Revere was part of a large chain of riders... and he wasn't even the most important one. The guy who was more important had a "less cool" name. I think it might of been jewish. Harvey Finklestein comes to mind, but i'm like 90% sure that was just a wrestling manager.
3) There is an egyptian pharoh, who's taught to have killed his father, only ruled a short time, and them was murdered by his brother. New evidence shows, he loved hs father, ruled 20 years, and was loved by his brother. The first was taught as history by pure wild speculation.
We're ALWAYS finding new info about the past.
