tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post560166423881852775..comments2024-03-16T14:54:12.445-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: Rounding Out the WeekEHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-35406577829443730412007-08-07T17:10:00.000-04:002007-08-07T17:10:00.000-04:00eht,First, if the reply function offers the "anony...eht,<BR/><BR/>First, if the reply function offers the "anonymous" option, then it is valid to use it and the user should not be ridiculed for choosing it.<BR/><BR/>Second, I whole-heartedly agree with anonymous that Kevin Levin lacks a brain filter when it comes to offensive anti-southern propaganda. You probably missed many prior discussions where Kevin attempted to discount other opinions regarding parity among northern and southern racial views around the Civil War period and today. These biased opinions serve to impress upon students and all readers a flawed version of southern history and perception that is still evident after a century and a half since the Civil War.<BR/><BR/>Kevin espouses a deep-seated northern hypocrtical view of the South and suggests social policy changes that would denigrate Confederate memory and further divide people along racial lines. Let's celebrate the diversity of the South without condemning select groups.<BR/><BR/>Question: You were born a southerner, but where did you grow up, attend school, and what region do you currently reside in now? I'm just curious as to how environments shape opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-5842441248886444032007-08-03T11:55:00.000-04:002007-08-03T11:55:00.000-04:00Anonymous...how is the weather in Iowa? and why i...Anonymous...how is the weather in Iowa? and why is it anytime someone wants to disagree they use the name "Anonymous"?<BR/><BR/>Apparently you had googled "kevin levin" and that's how you found me. At any rate I'm always appreciative of visitors and their comments, but I wonder.....why slam Kevin here? Could it be that you noticed his blog moderates comments and you were afraid your comment wouldn't be added, so you decide to use my forum? <BR/><BR/>That's fine, but you want to state at the outset you want to disagree with me. All I wrote was that Kevin has a most excellent site, and I mean come on....even if he writes a mundane list of things he does each day his blog is well done. It's pleasing to the eye, great links, and contains information regarding all of the avenues of history that Kevin is involved in.<BR/><BR/>As a born and bred Southerner one thing I know about is Confederate pride. I've been taught it, seen it action, and by this point of my life I'm an expert regarding true Southern pride and mangling that some do with Southern memory.<BR/><BR/>Please understand me when I say that if Kevin's "sectional bias" was endangering students in his high school classes in any shape or form I assure you the parents, as well as the students, would create an outcry heard round the world. I've seen it happen. <BR/><BR/>True, often I breeze by Kevin's site and I'm confronted by the way he writes about something, but I don't see misinformation. I often see another way of looking at something without my upbringing getting in the way. Anonymous, that's what a good teacher does. They confront, they motivate our brains in order to get us to think for ourselves. <BR/><BR/>Apparently Kevin has even been succesful with you because you got riled up enough to google his name and to find his site. <BR/><BR/>You mention that Kevin fails to bring in race and slavery in America to his students. I'm sorry, but you cannot base what Kevin does or does not post on his site as a complete reflection regarding what he does in the classroom. Kevin has state standards to meet and I'm confident he strives to meet the elements of each and every standard from my past visits at his site.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-5494473935404673632007-08-03T09:59:00.000-04:002007-08-03T09:59:00.000-04:00I have to disagree regarding Kevin Levin as a good...I have to disagree regarding Kevin Levin as a good source of historical interpretation and resource. Kevin fails to bring in the big picture of race and slavery in America, and rather chooses to denigrate Confederate memory and commemoration. Kevin's sectional bias is so obvious that it endangers our children with misinformation that forms perceptions going foward in their lives. Thanks for your interest in Civil War history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-52904774790102817812007-08-02T12:41:00.000-04:002007-08-02T12:41:00.000-04:00No problem. Your idea over there is quite unique....No problem. Your idea over there is quite unique. I like it.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-49484276375283810412007-08-02T12:37:00.000-04:002007-08-02T12:37:00.000-04:00Thank you so much for the mention! :)Thank you so much for the mention! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com