A third-grader's view of our 43 (42 actually) Presidents

[no_hypocrisy]

I was sub-teaching in a public school in an affluent community in New Jersey yesterday. I looked at a poster of the U.S. Presidents. Each President had a caricature of his head and in the background, something to symbolically link the President to his time or greatness or both.

Here is a sample of what I saw:

*: oilwells (ironic considering Arbusto, etc., eh?)

Bill Clinton: a map of Arkansas

GHW Bush: a map of the Mid-East

Jimmy Carter: the Stars & Stripes in the breeze

Lyndon Johnson: the Capital Building

Hoover: the Hoover Dam

McKinley: a map of the Philippines

And possibly my "favorite": Andrew Jackson with 2 sabers and arrows crossed against each other AND a banner reading "The Union Must Be Preserved".

Can you imagine how long it will take these kids to get accurate information about their history, if they even care to find out (see articles today re more familiarity with The Simpsons vs. The Bill of Rights).

[Che_Nuevara]

1. I dunno, I think weapons for Jackson is pretty appropriate. (n/t)

[no_hypocrisy]

2. That's because you know "the rest of the story". These kids are gonna

suppose that Jackson killed the "Indians" in order to protect America from our original "terrorists".