ENGLAND’S SHAME AND DISGRACE

From TheTimesOnLine in the U.K.
By Alexandra Frean

Schools drop Holocaust lessons to avoid offence

Teachers are dropping controversial subjects such as the Holocaust and the Crusades from history lessons because they do not want to cause offense to children from certain races or religions, a report claims.

“Staff may wish to avoid causing offence or appearing insensitive to individuals or groups in their classes. In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship,” it concluded. However, it was concerned that this could lead to divisions within school, and that it might also put pupils off history.

A reader’s comment: Teach the facts – like them or not they are history. If you are offended, then take your child elsewhere to be taught. Facts are facts – don’t distort them for the sake of a few people who are trying to foist their beliefs on to others.

Source: Schools drop Holocaust lessons to avoid offence – Times Online