That’s Not Education’s Job

Statue task force recommends sign to contextualize Jefferson:

A sign describing both Thomas Jefferson’s accomplishments and shortcomings beside his statue on the University of Missouri campus is the main recommendation of a task force charged with putting the statue in context.

The task force was created by UM System President and MU Chancellor Mun Choi in July 2020 after student Roman Leapheart launched an online petition to get the statue removed. Choi met with Leapheart, but Choi said the statue wouldn’t be removed. Members of the UM System Board of Curators later said it was their decision, though the decision wasn’t made in a public meeting.

I kind of wonder what education is for if not to teach history which itself provides context.

Maybe kids these days just need a meme to LOL at or something.

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