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To: JohnM who wrote (40413)	8/27/2002 9:46:08 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine, before you go too far down this road, let me urge you to read the link that was sent to me. It is a total critique of the Washington Times article, to the point of arguing the NEA website does exactly the opposite of the WTimes writer's assertions. Then read the NEA website to make certain for yourself. I have also read that the original material which caused the fuss has been pulled down from the NEA site. It wasn't the WT, it was a blog, but I don't remember which. But just because the offensive material isn't there now, it doesn't prove that it wasn't there before.

To: JohnM who wrote (40413)	8/27/2002 10:13:08 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

John, I looked at the link you sent me, and I looked at the NEA's lesson plans, and my money's still with the WT. I can't find the exact "don't blame any group" quote that your link makes so much of, but it doesn't matter. That is not the core of what the WT objects to. What they object to is the way the NEA is treating 9/11 as if it had been a tornado, a natural disaster. What were your feelings? How do people help each other in a disaster? Facing your Fear. Let's everybody discuss our feelings, in a non-judgemental way of course. This touchy-feely, pupik-contemplating response is an entirely inappropriate response to an act of war. Not one lesson touches on the historical or current political situation, except of course one titled A Just World -- How would America behave in a Just World? Not one lesson discusses how we identify the enemies who did this and stop them before they can do it again. (Don't blame 'groups' would be appropriate in this context, but it's not by itself). Not one lesson plan is titled Who is Al Qaeda? or Modern History of the Mideast, or What is Radical Islam? The overall metastory is that when times get really tough, we should all hold hands, comfort each other, and manage our feelings. It'll be ok.