"As modern American films such as Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor tend to ignore historic precedents" (that are documented in this article) "and pretend that the attack on Pearl Harbor was both “unprecedented” and “unexpected” and “the first surprise attack by aircraft on ships,” generations have been deceived into thinking that Pearl Harbor was a treacherous, unexpected and unprecedented attack “A day that will live in infamy!” Read more here.
"Anything less than 40 pages of formal, revised, graded writing over the course of the senior year will probably ensure that a student struggles with the workload of the freshman year of college. . . There are really only two ways to address these issues: either rehabilitate high school curricula to ensure college readiness or make college admission much harder to achieve." Read more here.
Meet the American who gave the nation our Thanksgiving origin story: Pilgrim Edward Winslow11/19/2022
""Mourt's Relation" includes Winslow's brief, undated description of a three-day celebration in the autumn of 1621, after "our harvest being gotten in," during which the English settlers and a much larger group of Wampanoag friends feast on fowl and deer. It is the first Thanksgiving." Read the story here.
"In 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that everyone is endowed with “unalienable Rights.” Years later, the Bill of Rights elaborated on those rights. But the word “rights” has long since been hijacked by enemies of the original idea of rights." Read article here.
" . . . a stunning 82% of Gen Z and younger Millennials include among their primary news sources Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, BuzzFeed, Instagram, Snapchat and their desktop newsfeed." Read the article here.
"Sports is an essential part of my life. Proposed changes to Title IX could permanently change girls' sports and erase my future opportunities." Read and listen to entire article here.
"The 26th Amendment gives 18-year-olds the right to vote, but a movement has been growing to allow 16- and 17-year-olds in Culver City to cast ballots in local elections. If Measure VY passes, the area where MGM Studios was born in the 1920s will join just three other American cities that allow teenagers as young as 16 to vote." Read more here.
"The researchers surveyed 1,600 Americans ages 11 to 18 in May 2022. On average, the study participants reported using digital media an average of 10 hours and four minutes per day, on such entertainment activities as social media, video chat, texting, shopping, and gaming." Read about the Study here.
"Most U.S. school districts have policies or practices to limit phone use during the school day, especially in class, but the policies can vary significantly by state, district and school. Nearly 77% of schools prohibited non-academic use of cell phones or smartphones during school hours as of 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics." Read more here.
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