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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No flags in our classrooms thus no need to engage with this moribund relic of a bygone era.  How many Americans know the first thing about the Flag Code?  DCPS itself surely doesn't follow many of the providions relating to the proper display of the Flag.  Let's just put the time to better use by teaching some of the more important fundamentals of civics and American history.  [/quote]

And drop DC history which is a waste of time.  DCPS teaches that Marion Barry was some kind of ML King-like  figure, rather than a racist, crooked, tax cheating scumbag.[/quote]

The history of the Nation's Capital is a waste of time?  Not to those of us who live and work here.  There's significantly more to it than Marion Barry.  Believe it or not, historians have written quite interesting books about the District of Columbia and its singular federal status, which has been worthy enough for skewering by Steven Colbert and John Oliver.  Maybe Oklahoma or North Dakota should drop teaching its history.
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Whenever someone brings up Barry I chuckle. It's more to DC History than Barry. I don't even recall learning about him when I took the class in the early 2000's. I do remember learning about the various circles (Grant, Sherman etc.).[/quote]

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