I thank a former student for directing me to this excerpt of President Reagan’s farewell address. There are many lines from the president that pertain to education that ring true today:

  • “Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?”
  • “Those of us over 35 years or so of age grew up in a different America. We were taught very directly what it means to be an American.”
  • “We’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion, but [on] what’s important.”
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Enjoy this trip down memory lane.