Posted on Sep 6, 2015
The Literature of 9/11: Are U.S. colleges teaching an anti-U.S. perspective on this topic?
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As we prepare to mark the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, enough time has now passed that volumes of works of literature have been written on the subject. Whether it be an analysis of the foreign policies that may have influenced the attackers, a breakdown of the plan of the attack, or the stories of those whose lives have been forever changed by this one day in history, it is indeed worthy of study on many different levels.
Across the nation, a freshman-level literature curriculum has been adopted by more than a dozen colleges and universities, to include such notable institutions as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this course innocently called the literature of 9/11, students are introduced to a diet of anti-U.S. material and post-colonial rhetoric that does little more than fix the blame for the events of this tragic day at the feet of the U.S. Government while simultaneously justifying Islamic fundamentalism and portraying Al Queda in a sympathetic light. No, there is nothing in this course about the victims who died that day or those who rose up bravely to assist and rescue others. And according to some online course review blogs, one can forget about dissenting opinion or challenging the professor if he or she wishes a decent grade in this course; this isn't about how to think, but rather about what to think in regards to this topic!
Has anyone taken this course or known anyone who has? What say you?
Across the nation, a freshman-level literature curriculum has been adopted by more than a dozen colleges and universities, to include such notable institutions as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this course innocently called the literature of 9/11, students are introduced to a diet of anti-U.S. material and post-colonial rhetoric that does little more than fix the blame for the events of this tragic day at the feet of the U.S. Government while simultaneously justifying Islamic fundamentalism and portraying Al Queda in a sympathetic light. No, there is nothing in this course about the victims who died that day or those who rose up bravely to assist and rescue others. And according to some online course review blogs, one can forget about dissenting opinion or challenging the professor if he or she wishes a decent grade in this course; this isn't about how to think, but rather about what to think in regards to this topic!
Has anyone taken this course or known anyone who has? What say you?
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MAJ (Join to see) This is the first I've heard of it and I'm not a real happy camper with our education system or at least these colleges, based on this article. This is not how I want my children to learn about 9/11 in college. I have two in college and I'm paying for it, so that will not be on the academic agenda for either (guaranteed). I tell them about the two classmates I lost in the War College on 9/11 in the Pentagon and about how there wasn't a dry eye in the graduation clas when their families came up to accept posthumously graduation certificates. Not a dry eye. What is wrong with these colleges and this country?
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I can only promise you that My children and grandchildren will never take any such course , In fact they won't attend any institution that teaches it.....
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