Texas Textbooks

I find it intriguing to read about the policies underway in Texas regarding textbooks. It is extra support for Loewen's point of view. I think that as a future teacher, it is important for me to realize that this will be a continuous struggle and debate. In my classroom I will teach from the required text, obviously, but I will push my students to question the author, form their own opinions, and to find many points of view. It is sad that our textbooks are continuing to paint the same one-sided pretty picture of our nations past and present.In all actuality, Textbooks are just not big enough to give us all of the information to form an opinion or relate the curriculum to our lives. Having the knowledge of what content is in our texts is powerful though. As long as I use textbooks as a resource, not a script, it will be of great use in the classroom. I plan to practice what I preach. I want my students to investigate the truth for themselves, this is why I will plan lessons using many resources. I am determined to keep whatever happens to our textbooks in the future from degrading the education my students will receive.