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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t want my kids [b]wasting time memorizing something like the Gettysburg address.[/b] Very pointless. In addition, some kids have issues with memorization. And can you imagine the teacher and students having to listen to 28 kids recite the Gettysburg address?![/quote]

Yes--what is the point of learning the words of one of our greatest Presidents?  What is the point of learning how and where he wrote it?  What is the point of knowing why he wrote it?  What is the point of learning the history of what happened at Gettysburg?  [/quote]

Sadly I don’t think this is sarcasm.

The battle at Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War.   Had Lee been victorious he would have had a stranglehold on the north while Sherman would have had a similar hold on the South.   A standoff.  The US would have split in two.

[b]That is why learning about the battle and what it led to is important. [/b] [/quote]

Aren't you satisfied with yourself? One can learn the bolded w/o memorizing the Gettysburg address. But you already know that. [/quote]

Of course, you can learn about the battle without memorizing the Gettysburg Address.  But, memorizing the Gettysburg Address brings a whole different layer of understanding to it.  
No. You don't have to memorize the Gettysburg Address, but you are missing out if you have never done this.[/quote]

Have you memorized it? The declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in US history- I'm assuming that you have memorized at least the preamble. FDR's December 8 address to Congress is at least as important as the Gettysburg address, have you memorized it? Ike's letter in the event D-Day failed demonstrates the enormity of the event- have you memorized it? Have you memorized JFK's speech at the Berlin Wall? Reagan's? There are probably 100 other speeches and documents as important as what I've listed, do you think students should just spend their days memorizing them? [/quote]

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