Reply to Son is learning about India and Pakistan's history but no mention of Bangladesh

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Son is learning about India and Pakistan's history but no mention of Bangladesh "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]What school system is this, OP? My kids in FCPS only learned about the Indus Valley. Maybe they did a slide or something on present day South Asia. Doubtful, but if so - I bet that would have included (heavily simplified) -

- Dutch East India and later British rule? 
- Gandhi and nonviolence movement. Connection to MLK’s work. Independence and separation between India and Pakistan. Continued tensions between those nuclear countries? 
- Transition in India’s role in world politics (ie, why do American kids need to care about this area?) ?
- Maybe Pakistan’s role in war on terror (but doubtful as that is a complicated conversation) ?

I’m not saying I agree with the approach, but US education is very US centric. Bangladesh isn’t on the US population’s radar and it doesn’t impact their lives.

Anything more than that requires too much context and time to make sense of it all.

With that said, and if you’re talking about elementary, I bet they would be happy to have you visit to share more. I might combine it with a discussion on some major Islamic holidays that kids now see on the school calendar.

I’m an immigrant minority also. It’s not fair, but we need to represent more than others. Also, please do present info objectively. I want my kids to learn about different cultures and customs but not in a way that is biased. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics