American History: Lies Your Other Teachers Told You

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"Hey," Josh said. "Hope you're all unpossessed or whatever. Last week was weird."

He took a sip of his coffee.

"Anyway. Finals. Today you have a series of multiple choice followed by an essay, so...a lot like the SATs, which most of you probably aren't taking because you're all from weird other dimensions where college doesn't matter or something."

Josh had grown a little jaded.

"Anyway, happy holidays!" He gestured around at the candles. "Enjoy the ambience?"

Comments

Re: Essay

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy wrote a long essay about how she'd been absolutely inspired by the Texas Board of Education's willful disregard of history, science, and facts. It was as bitingly sarcastic as she could make it without writing 'THIS IS SATIRE' all over the margins.

I can hardly wait for my high school career to be over, so I can finally be done with all this education and can finally take my place as the mindless consumer that the Texas Board of Ed wants me to be. And, since I'm also a woman, I can finally start doing my duty to God and country by having children (not too many, so I don't threaten the white hegemony, of course) and teaching them all about this great country of ours, which is lucky enough to count Moses as a Founding Father. Amen.