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Clearly he’s never seen Mighty Ducks 2, or he would have know that Greenland is covered in ice, and Iceland is nice.

“Jackson argued that the president, as the only representative of all the people, should rule supreme. Congress did not agree. At the heart of the debate was the struggle between the executive and the legislature over which branch should dominate the government. That struggle continues today.”

I have noticed a couple of misleading headlines there, just as an FYI to check them. Things are bad enough without hyperbole.

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

“We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”

“I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.”

Señorita wore blazers every day, and every day an American flag pin on her lapel. One day a few of asked her how she could possibly wear that, how could she be patriotic, knowing all of this and seeing it and teaching it to us. Her response was simple:
“Because I CAN teach you this here.” (4/4)

When it came to modern Central American history, Señorita had us read graphic depictions of atrocities committed by US-trained and US-supported fighters. This was my first exposure to the US not always representing “the good guy.” I left class every day for weeks numb or in tears. (3/4)

One of my favorite teachers in high school was Señorita Condon who (perhaps obviously) taught the upper-level Spanish classes. In Spanish 4, my senior year, we had learned all of the grammatical rules and so the class focused mostly on practice and on history and culture. (2/4)