Danger of a Single Story

Every where all over the world people are being taught different ideas and events of history. Even here in the United States people are not taught the same concepts of American history. After reading the two different articles in class on Thursday i have learned that people have the capability to alter the past into whatever they want it to be and teach the new generation what they think is right. The conservatives in Texas are voting on a new history book for elementary through high school that will teach the students a more conservative bias point of view of history. The conservatives are voting on a new book that will replace Thomas Jefferson with other "important" writers because Jefferson created the seperation of church and state. From what it seems like they want and are trying to bring church back into schools and preach Christianity. After being tought about the important role Thomas Jefferson played in American Independence I can not imagine finishing high school with out reading about him in our history books. Creating a history book with out any bias at all would be difficult because we would not know if the writer is describing what actually happend at that point and time or if it is tweaked into what they believe and thought what should have happend. We would not be able to know if the writers are telling a lie because if we are taught about a certain event in history from k-12 grade we are going to believe and trust what we've read and learned. How are we able to detect this is not true, especially when we were not there to witness the moment in history? Other subjects that the conservatives are trying to cut out of the books are the minorities. They voted against the Hispanics to quit  teaching about imoprtant iconic figures such as Cesar Chavez. According to one Hispanic representative they "are trying to creat a white America." The way someone teaches is not more important than the content they are teaching because what if a great teacher is teaching about a subject that never occured in history or was altered in their own opinion? How a person is taught is important, but not as crucial as the content that should be taught.