Quote:Very good points indeed, and I somewhat agree.  However, what is healthier, focusing on a negative or a positive?  The main point is the "focus".  That is what should be highlighted with an acknowledgement on the negative.  This isn't done as highlighted earlier.  The far left (and the left in general) wants to highlight negative aspects of our history rather than put the focus on the highlights.  While both may be true, where should the focus lie?  Are we as a nation great and have accomplished many things?  Or are we as a nation bad because of our past?  It's all about perspective.

 

By the way, I would be interested to read your wife's thesis paper.

I agree that the focus should most definitely  be on the positives. I have been out of public school for way to many years now to know what the history classes are like now but when I took them they were sunshine and rainbows with very little acknowledgment of past negatives. That is how this whole conversation started, by my past experience. No one thinks we should focus on the negatives. I am sure a fine balance could be established that highlights the points because let's be honest even if you gave equal page time to the good and the bad there far more good American has accomplished than the bad and by a wide margin. 

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