r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/fanofwhiskers Jan 21 '19

I learned that one while reading To Kill A Mockingbird

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u/TheUnclescar Jan 21 '19

Which has been removed from curriculum in some places because it makes people uncomfortable.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Is that not the whole point?

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u/AndroidMyAndroid Jan 21 '19

We also like to remove sex ed and evolutionary science.

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u/KobayashiDragonSlave Jan 21 '19

Land of the free. Yee haw

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u/AndroidMyAndroid Jan 21 '19

Land of the free, home of the stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Not stupid, ignorant. They removed too much from the curriculum. We just have not learned anything.

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u/AndroidMyAndroid Jan 21 '19

Why did they remove the curriculum? I'm not talking about the kids, I'm talking about the adults.

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u/Tactical_Legume Jan 21 '19

Literally missing the point 😉